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Verónica Ortega verrast en verrukt weer met nieuwe wijnen

15 augustus 2025

Verónica Ortega verrast en verrukt weer met nieuwe wijnen


Veronica Ortega 
“On top of the hierarchy”
Inderdaad, onlangs nog hadden we het over haar: Verónica Ortega, onze wijnmaakster met de meest imposante CV van Spanje; van Romanée-Conti tot Raúl Pérez en vele tussenstadia.

Voor mij persoonlijk maakt zij de beste witte wijnen in Bierzo.
Maar niet alleen dat:

In 2023 heeft zij zichzelf overtroffen - ook in rood!

Lees wat Gutiérrez schrijft voor R.Parker:
“the 2023’s are the finest collection of wines she has produced so far. This goes straight to the top of the hierarchy – not only within her range but in the whole Bierzo”.
Geen klein statement voorwaar!
We hebben van haar een nieuwe rode binnen, beperkt zoals altijd; slechts 120 flessen: Cáreo.

Een cru van een perceel oude wijngaard van nog geen hectare, met hoofdzakelijk Mencía, aangevuld met witte druivensoorten Palomino, Doña Blanca en Godello.

Fantastisch fijn en elegant spul! 
Het eerste wat ik gedaan heb is er 6 voor mezelf opzij zetten.

Dit is dé max van Bierzo!
 
(Max 6 per klant)

 

 

Verónica Ortega
Cáreo
2023
D.O. Bierzo
 

98/100

47,37 €

Bestel hier
R. Parker: 98/100
The other new red is the 2023 Cáreo, which is a different story from the A Bruxa. It comes from a very old vineyard planted with Mencía, Palomino, Doña Blanca and a little Godello, an ancient, centenary 0.9-hectare plot, where the Mencía has thinner skins, and the tannins are also finer. This is from the same zone as the white Tormenta in San Juan de la Mata, technically a village wine from Arganza, one of the few places in Bierzo that has limestone soils. Part (80%) of the wine fermented in a troncoconic oak vat with 100% full clusters and the rest was destemmed and fermented in bins, then the wine matured in separate 300-liter barrels for 11 months, after which, it was blended and put in amphorae, where it rested for another four months. This has a very focused violet note, also peachy, with a fine texture, with the mouthfeel from the limestone soils. It comes in at 12.9% alcohol with a pH of 5.4. I cannot make up my mind if I prefer this or the new A Bruxa... In any case, these are two superb additions to the portfolio, completing the high end in a stunning vintage. Bravo!! 2,755 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2025.

Verónica Ortega has a new winery with lots of space in the village of Carracedelo that she used for the vinification of the 2023s. She's been buying and renting more vineyards, in the villages of Otero and Cobrana. She now works a total of seven hectares in Cobrana, four in Valtuille de Abajo, 0.5 in Otero and 1.5 in between San Juan de la Mata and Arganza. Her production is around 70,000 bottles.

She has two new wines this year, and the 2023s are the finest collection of wines she has produced so far. The wines have stunning aromatics, floral and perfumed, and they're fine-boned like never before. The new facility has a lot more space to work, and the cooler growing season provided much better conditions, so there was no need to move or pump the wine, which have more precision and purity than ever. The additions to the portfolio are at the new high end, one red from a single vineyard in Cobrana she calls A Bruxa (the witch) and another red from limestone soils, from a vineyard next to the plot where she produces the white Tormenta that replaced Cal, which she has called Cáreo, making a reference to the limestone ("calcáreo" in Spanish). Both go straight to the top of the hierarchy—not only within her range but in the whole of Bierzo.
 
 
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Invoerder
La Buena Vida
Verlipark, Unit B.1.26, Lichtstraat z/n
2400 Mol
tel. 014/45.13.03
info@labuenavida.be
www.labuenavida.be

 



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