Eternauta 2020
Descripción
Eternauta es una rara avis en la Ribera del Duero, el primer vino de Pasajeros del Tiempo, de Mélida Wines. Firmado por el argentino Fernando Valentí (marido de Miriam Herrero y estudiante de Master of Wine) este monovarietal de Tempranillo de viñas viejas –casi 100 años– muestra una frescura remarcable, una faceta diferente de la región, tradicionalmente conocida por sus vinos potentes y estructurados.
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
This is the first vintage of Eternauta, made with 45-year-old vines from two cool parcels - Pollos and Pico Bajero - in the high-altitude village of Milagros. Fermented with 40% whole bunches, it shows the remarkable freshness of its northwest-facing site, with notes of white pepper and mint, chalky intensity, subtle wood and undertones of wild herbs. An exciting début from this youthful project. 2023-30
The 2020 Eternauta is a new ambitious red, which usually means more (oak, extraction, ripeness and price), produced with grapes from a 70-year-old vineyard in the village of Milagros on limestone-rich soils. They fermented it with 40% full clusters and indigenous yeasts in plastic bins and basically no post-fermentative maceration. Then the wine was transferred to 225-liter barrels for malolactic and 12months of aging. Somehow, it feels oakier than the Párpados—perhaps the barrels were smaller/newer—and while they kept the alcohol to 14%, the wine feels a little riper and definitely oakier and more tannic. This feels more like a traditional Ribera. 1,500 bottles were filled in December 2021. Give it some more time...
La bodega
Mélida Wines
Aunque algo más fresco que los Ribera, algo tánico,especias y algún balsámico, madera sutil pero bastante presente.Mejor hold for sometime