Cornucopia is one of the first wines from Manuel Cantalapiedra's self-named personal project, released alongside the wines of his family's estate, Cantalapiedra Viticultores, in La Seca in Spain's Rueda country. Manuel is the third generation of growers here and has led the family domaine since it began bottling its own wines in 2014.
The new label gives Manuel room to work in an even more hands-off way than at the family estate. Cornucopia is a white wine made from old-vine Verdejo grown in Castilla y León, fermented with minimal intervention and bottled with little to no added sulphur.
Like the family's wines, it sits outside the Rueda appellation and is released under the Castilla y León name, giving Manuel the freedom to make Verdejo on his own terms. It is the wine of a grower exploring how far old vines and a light touch in the cellar can take this variety.
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