This complex red is a product of the low-bush vineyards that Yolanda tends. Production is 100 per cent handcrafted and artisan, never touched by a machine. The wine is aged in barrels of high-quality wood, and passes through oak from different sources for four years, acquiring their various nuances.
This experimentation with different woods is a process 20 years in the making, which Yolanda describes as “slow cooking – the creation of art”, and the end product is nothing short of that.
With an intense garnet colour and notes of black fruit, blackberry and fruit compote, Una Cepa Premium is an elegant, well-defined wine. The accolades say so too.
Valduero Una Cepa Premium was tasted by three European collectors in April: David Krautheim, Nish Pandya and Mauricio Roca. Together with the first Spanish master of wine, Pedro Ballesteros, they awarded it 99 points out of 100.
In its 2011 vintage, collectors also awarded Valduero Una Cepa Premium 99 points out of 100, highlighting its potential to improve in the bottle for at least another decade.
And Wine Enthusiast awarded the vintage a whopping 97 points out of 100 – the ratings speak for themselves really.
Valduero Una Cepa Premium is only made in special vintages, and its editions are very limited. It is a privilege to uncork a magnificent 12-year-old bottle. When asked for her favourites, Yolanda doesn’t hesitate: “The 2010 and 2011. And the Valduero Una Cepa Premium of 2015.”
Yolanda is convinced that fashions pass, but excellence endures, and this can surely be said of the exceptional wines produced by Valduero.