Leda Viñas Viejas 2017 and Valverán 2017 have been chosen as the wine and ice cider for Winreies Masaveu’s Christmas toast. These are new vintages that have just been released to the market, allowing consumers of this Castilian-Leonese wine and Asturian ice cider to celebrate with the latest offerings this holiday season.Juan Glaría, the enology director of this wine group, describes these references as “wines of high quality and uniqueness that capture and concentrate the essence of Wineries Masaveu very well: a distinct terroir and limited productions of traditional elaboration, but with innovation in their concepts and processes, a clear environmental commitment, and a very personal and close vision of the project.”
Leda, an ecologic multiterroir
Leda Viñas Viejas 2017 is the wine that embodies the principles of Leda, the winery owned by the Masaveu family in Tudela de Duero, Valladolid. It is an ecological multiterrior wine, as it comes from different plots that are processed separately. The vineyards from which this wine originates are between 70 and 100 years old and extend along the Duero Valley. This 100% Tempranillo wine, belonging to Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla y León and aged for 20 months in French oak barrels, presents an intense, bright cherry-red color with a high layer. It offers aromas of red and black fruits, spices, and toasted notes, making it a complex wine. On the palate, it is powerful, rich, fruity, and well-balanced. A total of 12,000 bottles have been produced.
Valverán, authenticity and originality.
For its part, Valverán 20 Apples is the ice cider produced by Masaveu Wineries in Sariego, Asturias. This cidery is a pioneer in the production of ice ciders in Spain. It has a golden color with coppery highlights, clean and bright. It is fresh, surprising, and exclusive. On the palate, it has a well-defined personality, full of nuances and a unique fruity character.
The entry is sweet, and the flavor is long, persistent, elegant, and refined. Only 13,000 bottles have been produced in this vintage. The apples used to produce this cider come from the estate’s own orchard and belong to various native Asturian varieties: Raxao, Durona de Tresali, Verialona, De la Riega, and Fuentes.
Masaveu Wineries
The Masaveu family entered the wine sector in 1974 when they acquired Murua Wineries, but the family’s vineyard plantations date back to the mid-19th century, specifically in Castellar del Vallés, where the family originates from.
Desde entonces, Bodegas Masaveu ha ido creciendo hasta convertirse en un referente en el sector, por la calidad en la elaboración de sus vinos en diferentes DO´s y por la filosofía medio ambiental que demuestran y el máximo respeto a la tierra, en las que posee sus propias plantaciones de viñedos, gracias a las cuales logran transmitir, en cada botella, la personalidad única de cada terroir. In this way, a common thread unites all the projects undertaken by Masaveu Wineries across different parts and regions of the country: Murua (DOCa Rioja), Fillaboa (DO Rías Baixas), Pagos de Araiz (DO Navarra), Leda (Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León), and Valverán (Asturias).
