2023 Valtuille La Vitoriana
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The 2023 Valtuille La Vitoriana was produced with grapes from one of the family's oldest plots, one of the oldest vineyards in the village too, where the soils are stony, with quartzite and clay. It fermented with 30% full clusters in an oak vat with a long maceration of 60 days and aged in one 500-liter oak barrel for one year. In 2023, the alcohol percentages were lower—this comes in at 12.92% and has a pH of 3.47, lower for Mencía. It's serious, elegant and very clean, with great depth and complexity. It's the most austere and backward of the 2023s and takes time to open up in the glass. There was more malic acid, because the vintage was less ripe, and there's a faint lactic touch. This should age beautifully in bottle, but I'd wait a bit to pull the cork. Only 620 bottles were filled in May 2025.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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The 2023 Valtuille La Vitoriana is a small, two-barrel production from the exclusive La Vitoriana paraje in Valtuille de Arriba. Precise and expressive, it has violet, rose, a touch of pomegranate and a whisper of strawberry yogurt on the nose. This is juicy and grippy on the palate, with a long, fruit-driven finish. It is a gorgeously pure wine that will improve in bottle. The 2023 seduces with its nuanced depth.