Albarín Negro Araniegu

Escolinas Albarín Negro is a single-varietal wine from the Principality of Asturias. The grapes come from the vineyard of Domingo Araniegu, one of the most renowned growers in Cangas. It ages for 8 months in two used 500-liter barrels. One of the wines with the most personality and structure of the winery. Escolinas bottles the terroir of Cangas del Narcea (Asturias, Spain) from the finest native grapes. The Escolinas estate is composed of just 0.6 hectares of micro-plots in Cangas del Narcea and other villages in the area. These small vineyards cannot be mechanized, with slopes of up to 30% and an altitude above 500 meters above sea level, making them one of the few mountain vineyards in Spain. On these steep hillsides the vines survive in slate-rich soils, a particularity of the terroir that naturally regulates the vigor of the plant and results in small productions of wines with a fine and elegant profile. The extreme climate of Cangas and its slate soils have been perfectly adapted to by varieties such as Albarín Blanco, Verdejo Negro, Albarín Negro, and Carrasquín, which together form a group of varieties that give the wines character and personality.