COLOUR
Red
TYPE
Still
VINTAGE
2022
GRAPE
Rufete
PRODUCER
Viñas Serranas
REGION
Castilla y León
CHARACTERISTICS
Body
Medium - Light
Sweetness
Dry
Acidity
Medium - High
Finish
Medium - Long
Intensity
Mid - Pronounced
Tannins
Medium
AROMAS & FLAVOURS
ABOUT THIS WINE
Viñas Serranas is an exciting micro-project founded in Cepeda within the Salamanca province in 2017. It was established by four friends with deep roots in the Spanish wine trade: César Ruiz, Bosi Jiménez, Alberto Martín, and Miquel Udina. Their mission is to revive and showcase the unique, often forgotten local grape variety, Rufete, grown on the steep, high-altitude terraces of the Sierra de Francia. The 2022 vintage of Ciclón marks a significant milestone as the very first vintage of this wine to be officially classified under the DOP Sierra de Salamanca appellation. Due to an exceptionally dry and low-yielding growing season in 2022, the winery chose to pool their top-quality red Rufete grapes into this regional bottling rather than producing their usual single-vineyard wines, resulting in a Ciclón of remarkable depth, concentration, and character that punches far above its weight class.
ALCOHOL
12.5%
AVG. PRICE
€17
STYLE
Natural
VEGAN
YES
SULPHITES
When to drink
Now or Later
Ideal temperature
12-14°C
INTERESTING FACTS
Fact 01
The 2022 vintage is the first Ciclón to be officially classified under the DOP Sierra de Salamanca appellation.
Fact 02
Sourced from ancient goblet-trained vines planted between 1910 and 1930 on steep, high-altitude terraces.
Fact 03
Due to a dry 2022 season, single-vineyard grapes were blended into Ciclón, significantly boosting its quality.
Fact 04
Founded by four friends, including a top Madrid wine merchant and the former technical director of the local DOP.
FOOD PAIRING
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WINE MAKING PROCESS
The grapes for the 2022 Ciclón were sourced from old, goblet-trained vines planted between 1910 and 1930 across seven different villages in the Sierra de Salamanca. The vines grow at elevations of 650 to 700 meters on complex terraced soils of granite, schist, quartzite, and sandstone. To preserve freshness and acidity during the hot and dry 2022 season, the winery executed a very early manual harvest in small 20 kg boxes. In the cellar, the grapes were mostly destemmed (with up to 15% whole bunches) and fermented spontaneously using indigenous yeasts in 2,500-liter tanks, followed by a three-week maceration. The wine was aged for 10 months, with two-thirds of the volume in neutral, used 500-liter French oak barrels and one-third in stainless steel tanks, before being bottled in August 2023.
