Description

Capellanía est élaboré à partir de la superbe Viura du Pago de Capellanía, un vignoble de plus de 70 ans situé dans la zone la plus élevée de la Finca Ygay, la plus prestigieuse de Marqués de Murrieta. Il s'agit d'un blanc complexe qui révèle des notes de fruit blanc mûr et une agréable touche beurrée. Il possède une superbe évolution en bouteille, où les nuances propres à l'élevage en bois s'intègrent petit à petit.

Fiche technique

Type de vin
Blanc
Millésime
2016
Alcool
13.5% vol.
Production
39 614 bouteilles.
Sous-zone
Rioja Alta
Cépage
100% Viura
Origine
Rioja

Dégustation

Visual
Robe jaune paille brillante.
Nez
Arômes de fruit blanc mûr (Golden et Conférence), avec des touches beurrées, d'agrumes, de fenouil et fumées.
Bouche
Équilibré, avec une belle texture, une acidité rafraîchissante et une finale longue et persistante.
Température de service
Entre 9 et 12 ºC.
Garde
Jusqu'en 2032 environ s'il est conservé dans de bonnes conditions.

Vignoble et élaboration

Nom
Pago Capellanía
Description
Situé dans la zone la plus élevée de la Finca Ygay, à 485 mètres d'altitude.
Année de plantation
Vignobles plantés en 1945.
Sol
Argilo-calcaire.
Climat
Températures supérieures au reste des sous-régions de la Rioja, le vignoble étant situé le plus au sud de la Rioja Alta.
Vendanges
Vendange manuelle entre le 3 et le 4 octobre.
Vinification
Les grappes sont déposées au pressoir puis après un bref contact avec leurs peaux, elles sont pressées doucement et lentement afin de favoriser l'extraction de son potentiel aromatique. Ensuite, après son débourbage, le moût fermente dans une cuve inox à température contrôlée pendant 24 jours.
Elevage
Élevage de 16 mois en fûts de 225 litres de chêne français neuf.
Embouteillage
Mise en bouteille les 28 et 29 janvier 2020.

L'avis des experts

Tim Atkin:

Murrieta's delicious white, first made in 2001, has shifted in style in recent years towards greater freshness and less focus on oxidative handling, but this remains a pretty traditional style. Sourced from a single plot at 500 metres, it's an intense, spicy Viura with lots of colour, flavours of citrus, saffron and honey and thrilling acidity. 2021-35

James Suckling:

A white with pretty vanilla, toasted-wood, cooked-apple and lemon character. Medium to full body, creamy texture and a flavorful finish. One of the benchmark whites for Rioja. 16 months in French oak and so balanced. Drink or hold.

The Wine Advocate:

I was really looking forward to the 2016 Capellanía, the white that inherited the tradition of long aging in barrel that used to be the norm in Rioja until the 1980s. It's structured, and they strive for aging potential while keeping some of the varietal character. It comes from a plot on the Ygay property that gives the wine its name; it's their highest plot at 485 meters in altitude. The grapes were picked the 3rd and 4th of October from the six hectares, and the must from pressing the clusters fermented at 10 degrees Celsius in stainless steel. And without going through malolactic, the wine was put in mostly new oak barrels, where it matured for 16 months, and then it was kept in concrete until bottling. It has 13.5% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity, and it comes through as very dry. They love 2016 as a vintage, to the point that they will not release a red Castillo Ygay 2015 (which was considered a very good vintage), because they believe it would be overshadowed by 2016. This is their oldest vineyard, and it seems to have a mind of its own. So, it doesn't necessarily follow what the other ones do, and in a vintage that saw a large crop, it delivered lower yields and they produced a lot less. The wine is still quite oaky, but I consider this a wine for the medium and long term (I'm still waiting for my 2004s!); but after a couple of hours in the glass, it felt a lot more harmonious. The palate is textured, rich and serious, with a chalky sensation and a long, dry and tasty, almost salty finish. This should make a nice bottle of aged white Rioja. 39,411 bottles and 400 magnums produced. It was bottled in late January 2020. This will be released in the spring of 2021.