Ojo y Coíllo Riofrío Alto 2024 | Castro Maíllo | Vinaris

Ojo y Coíllo Riofrío Alto 2024 | Miguel Castro Maíllo | Montilla Moriles

Name: Ojo y Coíllo Riofrío Alto 2024 | Miguel Castro Maíllo | Montilla Moriles
Brand: Miguel Castro Maíllo
SKU: 906
Price: 19.9 EUR
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Vineyards between 40 and 80 years old located in the Vereda del Cerro Macho region, specifically in the Riofrío Alto area with goblet-trained vines, with albariza soil, a lumpy and very calcareous marl, with a great capacity for moisture retention and a progressive release to the plant. 95% Pedro Ximénez and 5% other minor indigenous varieties.

Hand-harvested. Fermentation in old casks and, once complete, the wine rested on its lees under a veil of flor. After several months, the lees were removed and the wine continued aging until the next harvest. Finally, it was transferred to stainless steel tanks, where it rested for another month before bottling.

Ojo y Coíllo Riofrío Alto 2024

Bodega y Denominación
Este vino blanco es elaborado por la bodega Miguel Castro Maíllo en la denominación de origen Montilla-Moriles, dentro de la región de Andalucía, España. La añada correspondiente es la 2024.

Procedencia y Elaboración
La uva procede de viñedos situados en el paraje de Riofrío Alto, en la comarca de la Vereda del Cerro Macho. Las cepas, con edades comprendidas entre 40 y 80 años, se conducen en vaso sobre suelos de albariza, una marga grumosa y muy calcárea, con capacidad de retención de humedad. La composición del mosto es un 95% de Pedro Ximénez y un 5% de otras variedades autóctonas minoritarias.

La vendimia se realiza de forma manual. Tras la fermentación en viejas botas, el vino reposa sobre sus lías bajo velo de flor durante varios meses. Posteriormente, se eliminan las lías de la fermentación y la crianza continúa hasta la siguiente vendimia. Finalmente, el vino se trasiega a depósitos de acero inoxidable para reposar un mes adicional antes de su embotellado.

Carácter del vino
La elaboración destaca por el uso de la flor en un sistema de crianza que prioriza la interacción con las lías y el uso de antiguas botas durante la fase de fermentación. La presencia de variedades minoritarias junto a la dominante Pedro Ximénez y la crianza en esta zona específica de Montilla-Moriles definen su perfil.

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Learn more about Miguel Castro Maíllo

Miguel Castro Maíllo grew up among the vineyards of the Sierra de Montilla but chose to study Enology in Cádiz and train in the Marco de Jerez before returning to his family's land. His project, launched in 2018, is built on one simple, radical idea: to prove that Pedro Ximénez — the iconic variety of Montilla-Moriles, reduced for decades to raisins and sweet wine — can produce precise, age-worthy dry whites.

The stage is Cerro Macho, a ridge that splits the Sierra de Montilla into two albariza-clad slopes — that white, porous, cooling limestone that stores winter moisture and releases it slowly through the summer drought. To the east, Riofrío Alto, shaded in the afternoon: tighter, more saline wines with marked acidity. To the west, Benavente Alto, open to the sun: broader, more vinous in character. Each parcel ferments and ages separately in old Fino barrels, on its lees and under a veil of flor, until the following harvest. The vines are fifty to sixty years old and are pruned in the traditional ojo y coíllo style: the ojo is the productive bud for the current year, the coíllo the spur that will yield next year's shoot.

The wines bear no resemblance to the export-sweet of the past: taut, mineral, with a lees texture and a salinity that speak of the inland sea Andalucía once was. Small production — very small.

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