Majuelos de Callejo 2020 | Ribera del Duero

Name: Majuelos de Callejo 2020 | Ribera del Duero
Brand: Bodegas Félix Callejo
SKU: 580
Price: 39.6 EUR
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Bodegas Félix Callejo, DO Ribera del Duero (Sotillo de la Ribera, Burgos). 850–930 metres altitude. Clay-calcareous soils with pebbles. 100% Tempranillo.

Fermentation with native yeasts at low temperature, finishing at ~30 ºC. Extended maceration 15 days with the grape skins. Malolactic fermentation in new and 1-year-old French oak barrels. Aged 18 months in new French oak barrels with racking to eliminate lees.

Majuelos de Callejo is a red wine produced by Bodegas Félix Callejo, located in Sotillo de la Ribera, Burgos, within the Castilla y León region of Spain. This 2020 vintage carries the designation of origin Ribera del Duero. The estate sits at an altitude of 850–930 meters, characterized by clay-limestone soils mixed with river stone.

The wine is crafted from 100% Tempranillo grapes. Vinification begins with fermentation using native yeasts at low temperatures, concluding around 30 ºC. This is followed by an extended maceration period of fifteen days with the skins. Malolactic fermentation takes place in new and one-year-old French oak barrels. The wine undergoes an ageing process of eighteen months in new French oak barriques, including racking operations.

The resulting profile reflects the high-altitude site and the extended skin contact. The winemaking approach suggests a structured red with significant oak integration due to the eighteen-month maturation in new French oak. The use of native yeasts and low-temperature fermentation aims to preserve varietal character and freshness, while the extended maceration likely contributes to depth and tannic structure.

Critical acclaim for this vintage is notable. Tim Atkin awarded the 2020 Majuelos de Callejo a score of 96 points, indicating high quality and complexity in his assessment.

Overall, Majuelos de Callejo represents a serious, well-structured Ribera del Duero red. Its combination of high-altitude viticulture, extended maceration, and extensive ageing in new French oak positions it as a robust expression of the Tempranillo grape, supported by strong critical reception.

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Learn more about Bodegas Félix Callejo

The four siblings of the house trained far from home before returning to Sotillo. José Félix went through Pétrus, in Pomerol, and Miguel Torres in Curicó, Chile; Noelia through Viña Cobos, in Mendoza, and Araujo, in the Napa Valley. Today José Félix and Noelia handle production, and Cristina and Beatriz the commercial side.

The winery was founded by their parents, Félix and Pilar, in 1989 in Sotillo de la Ribera. Since 2000 José Félix has been the house winemaker, and since that same year the vineyards have been farmed organically.

There are twenty-seven vineyards spread along the profile of Sotillo de la Ribera, 54.8 hectares in all, between 830 and 930 metres, with tinto fino, garnacha, albillo mayor and merlot.

Majuelos de Callejo is 100% tinto fino from clay-limestone soils with rolled pebbles. It ferments with native yeasts at low temperature and finishes around thirty degrees, with a further fifteen days of maceration on the skins; it goes through malolactic in new and one-year French oak and ages eighteen months in new barrels, with rackings.

Parajes de Callejo is 87% tinto fino, 9% garnacha and 4% albillo mayor, from vineyards at 850 metres on sandy-loam soils over limestone. It is picked by hand into crates, with a double sorting table, ferments with native yeast and ages eighteen months in French oak.

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