VDI 2022 | Viejas de Izán | Ribera del Duero

31.70 €

31.70 €

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Viejas de Izán (VDI), DO Ribera del Duero (Gumiel de Izán). Artisanal project founded in 2019. Over ten individual parcels at 900 metres altitude on calcareous sandy soils. 100% Tinto Fino of ungrafted bush-trained vines over 100 years old, phylloxera survivors.

Hand-harvested with rigorous bunch selection, parcel by parcel. Minimal intervention in the cellar.

Wine Identification
VDI is a red wine produced by the winery Viejas de Gumiel de Izán. This vintage corresponds to the 2022 harvest and originates from the Ribera del Duero appellation in Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
VDI is the result of an artisanal project founded in 2019, located in Gumiel de Izán. The vineyards are situated at a significant altitude of 900 meters above sea level. These sites feature soils composed of limestone and sandy elements. A defining characteristic of this wine is its source material: it is made from 100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) vines that are pre-phylloxera, meaning they are over 100 years old and survived the historical phylloxera epidemic. These old vines are trained in the traditional bush vine system. The winemaking philosophy emphasizes minimal intervention in the cellar. Harvesting is conducted manually, with a rigorous selection process applied parcel by parcel to ensure only the highest quality fruit is used.

Expected Profile and Tasting Notes
As a red wine from Ribera del Duero made from ancient Tinto Fino vines, VDI is expected to exhibit the structural integrity and concentration typical of high-altitude, old-vine expressions in this region. The limestone and sandy soils likely contribute to freshness and elegance, while the extreme age of the vines suggests low yields and intense flavor concentration. The manual harvest and parcel-by-parcel selection indicate a focus on precision and quality control, aiming for a clean, pure expression of the terroir without excessive manipulation.

Overall Character
VDI represents a commitment to heritage and minimalism. By focusing on pre-phylloxera vines and low-intervention winemaking, Viejas de Gumiel de Izán aims to produce a wine that is a direct reflection of its ancient roots and high-altitude environment in the heart of Ribera del Duero.

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The vines are ungrafted: they were never grafted, they survived phylloxera and they are still there, bush-trained and over a hundred years old.

The project belongs to Juan Manuel Gallego García and began in 2019 in Gumiel de Izán, in Burgos. The way he puts it is «wine from the grower, not from the winemaker».

Gumiel de Izán is one of the areas with the most old vineyard in the whole of Ribera del Duero: more than ninety plots of old vines, some of them a century old, bush-trained on sand, clay and limestone at 900 metres. The selection there is made vine by vine and row by row.

VDI is 100% tinto fino from those plots, at 900 metres, on limestone and sandy soils. It is picked by hand with selection plot by plot.

It macerates twenty-five days and ages fourteen months in French and American oak. In the cellar, minimal intervention.

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