We know where we are from, what we face but we have a clear mind about what we want at the end: Excellency. We want to reach the top were the best wines are. Yes, we are ambitious, competence don’t scare us, on the other hand stimulate us.
We got the best ingredients: grapes and a team. Our treasure, the vines with hundred of years, those that were forsaken because of the difficulty to automatize the harvest or were swapped into other vines that produced more wine.
A land of dreams
The land of rubble and slate protected against cold and frost originated in the near mounts of Cabrera, las Médulas al fondo, los Ancares and the millenary Castro Berdigum. They are all part of the area were our vines grow, some of the cultivated by our great-grandfather.
Centenary vines
Aníbal de Otero uses to elaborate wines only grapes from old vines with more than 100 years. Cultivated artisanal in glass with a small production of half kilo per vine. The cultivation is artisanal using only natural products.
Elaboration
The harvest is done manually in small boxes of 20 kilo when the maturation is on the ideal point.
The grape juice ferment in small deposits of stainless steel to later, be transformed into young wine, aging in oak barrels from France’s best oak. All this process is controlled carefully by our oenologist José Hidalgo. José Hidalgo.
From the soils that I like in Bierzo, that is to say, from its high slatey and sandy soils, comes this red wine from a winemaker, Elva García, as it says on her business card. The winery is called Aníbal's daughter, a tribute to the man who gave her life and instilled in her the task of carrying on the legacy of a 130-year-old vineyard. In the vicinity of the Palacios family vineyard in Corullón, Elva harvests half a kilogram of mencía per vine to make this excellent red wine. This is a wine that brings together certain wild notes, with a varietal aroma of great precision and a creamy finesse from its 14 months in oak barrels, well blended with the wine. It is a red wine from the 2014 vintage, although it is not suitable for all budgets: €30. At a lower price, €15, he makes another red with 6 months in oak which, with less ageing, reveals even more wild and fruity nuances.
The fact that Elva García Amigo has named her winery Hija de Aníbal (Daughter of Aníbal) is a declaration of principles, a manifestation of humility and a demonstration of filial love, fundamental ingredients to understand the endearing quality and the deep breath of this wine.
The fact that Elva García Amigo has named her winery Hija de Aníbal (Daughter of Aníbal) is a declaration of principles, a manifestation of humility and a demonstration of filial love, fundamental ingredients to understand the endearing quality and the deep breath of this wine.
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