Campestral Palomino Unfiltered
Made with 100% Palomino Fino (the grape used for most sherries) which makes an aromatic, fresh white wine with a good structure in the mouth and character from its maturation on the lees.
At an elevation of 50m the 8ha of vineyards are located in the Guadalquiver Valley near the town of Trebujena, in the north of DO Jerez. Close to the Atlantic coast there is the infulence of both humid and cold winds. The Albariza soil has good water retention capacity, ideal for the ripening grapes.
The grapes are manually harvested at night in 7kg boxes to avoid crushing. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks at a constant temperature of 18C, after which the wine rests in contact with the lees for several weeks whilst clarifying. It is bottled unfiltered.
Certified Organic and with minimal sulphites.
Bright, pale lemon colour with greenish and golden reflections. An arresting bouquet with citrus and tropical nuances, lemon, lime, pineapple and ripe banana. A smooth palate of baked or roasted apples that is balanced with a mouth-watering crispness in the mouth, giving a light-medium body and a very moorish finish.
It combines very well with seafood such as oysters and smoked fish; or vegetables, raw and cooked. It could also go with desserts, bitter chocolate, and cheese.
About the Producer
Bodegas Campestral
Bodegas Campestral has, since 2016, been building and developing a unique wine project. It is a dream built from scratch with great enthusiasm, perseverance, will and effort by Andrés Troya, an entrepreneur who has always been in love with wine.
Campestral is sited in El Encanto – a high level rural tourist complex – on the outskirts of Arcos de la Frontera where the winery and vineyards are located: the designated zone of Arcos-Algar (Sierra de Cádiz) is 35k east of Jerez town. The destiny of this estate has always been to produce a good wine since the Romans in the second century BC and produced wine in these parts.
Campestral wines are produced in an artisanal way following a natural and ancestral system.
Theirs is to return to traditional and ancient methods to make natural wines – they will not use additives or added products in any wine (artificial yeasts and nutrients, chemicals, etc). This is allied, though, to modern facilities with state-of-the-art machinery that allows precise working at the appropriate temperatures in each wine-making process.
Their approach necessitates wines only being made with healthy and natural (organicly grown) grapes. Their team meticulously care the vineyards throughout the year with the sole objective of obtaining healthy and magnificent fruit to be able to produce the best wines.
Whilst the Palomino grapes for the white and rose wines come from Trebujena in the north of Jerez, the red varieties Tintilla de Rota, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grow nearby in a unique microclimate generated by the geographical location and proximity to the Guadalcacín reservoir, the Sierra de Grazalema and the Guadalquivir valley. This, along with the chalky albariza soils, results in grapes with a very special personality leading to wonderful wines of concentrated character, but with plenty of nuance.
