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Vetus (Artevino)

Description Vetus (Artevino)

Coming from Vitoria, the Anton family now owns its own estate in Rioja, but also the Finca Villacreces in Ribera del Duero and invested in the Vetus project in Toro and Rueda.

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Winemaker Angel Ortega
Owner fam.Antón
Founding 1994
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Description Vetus (Artevino)

History Vetus (Artevino)

Vetus is a wine project by the Anton family. Gonzalo Anton comes from the restaurant business (his father has a Michelin -starred restaurant in Vitoria, the Zaldiaran). And they organise every year a gastronomy convention where the best chefs of the world invite their best clients. Vetus is not their first wine project: first they bought the Izadi estate, in Alava (Rioja Alavesa). Then they invested in the Ribera del Duero, where they purchased the magnificent Finca Villacreces estate, in Quintanillo de Onésimo. Their latest projects were Orben, in the Rioja Alavesa and this small estate in Toro, Vetus. The Antons started to look for an estate in Toro around the year 2003. They found it in Morales de Toro: a property planted with old Tinta de Toro vines, to which they added younger plantations - still Tinta de Toro. A new tiny cellar was built, the modern look of which is in sharp contrast with the rustic landscape of Toro. “Vetus”, the name the Anton gave the estate, means “banned, prohibited”. Because prohibition often generates curiosity, provocation, tension. These dynamics are what the Antons are looking for in their wines. Apart from the Vetus, the estate also produces Flor de Vetus, from its younger vines. These two wines are overflowing with fruit.

Vetus (Artevino)
Morales de Toro
Morales de Toro
Zamora

Varieties Vetus (Artevino)

Here, only one grape is grown: Tinta de Toro. This is one of Castilla y León’s best grapes, the perfect illustration of this wild and rustic region. The estate has 20 hectares under vines. One-third of the vines are old and two-thirds are young plantations (2003).

Terroir Vetus (Artevino)

Sandy and calcareous soils with a lot of gravel and stones. The estate lies at 700 m above sea level. The yields are low, for the young vines as well as for the old ones. The climate is continental with Atlantic influences. It is dry and very sunny - more than 3,000 hours of sunshine per year.

Vinification Vetus (Artevino)

Harvesting by hand. Maceration and fermentation in conical tanks, adapted for a double pigeage (punching of the cap). 12 months of ageing in French and American oak barrels.

75 cl.
Alba de Vetus
Alba de Vetus 2023
Galicia
Vetus (Artevino)
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
15,73 €
13,00 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2023

75 cl.
92 Guía Peñin
Flor de Vetus
Flor de Vetus 2021
Castilla y León
Vetus (Artevino)
D.O. Toro
75 cl.
red
13,99 €
11,56 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Tinta de Toro (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2021

Description

2009 was the first vintage for Flor de Vetus. This cuvée is made with the youngest vines of the estate. Vetus means forbidden in latin.

75 cl.
92 Guía Peñin
Flor de Vetus
Flor de Vetus 2020
Castilla y León
Vetus (Artevino)
D.O. Toro
75 cl.
red
13,99 €
11,56 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Tinta de Toro (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2020

Description

2009 was the first vintage for Flor de Vetus. This cuvée is made with the youngest vines of the estate. Vetus means forbidden in latin.

75 cl.
Flor de Vetus Verdejo
Flor de Vetus Verdejo 2023
Castilla y León
Vetus (Artevino)
D.O. Rueda
75 cl.
white
11,82 €
9,77 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Verdejo (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2023

Description

Vetus means forbidden in latin. The vines stand at an altitude of 810 to 930 meters above sea level, in the northernmost zone of Rueda (Segoría). Here the harvest takes place 3 weeks after the rest of the DO. When the bottle is put in the fridge, the butterfly on the label turns blue (when the temperature is less than 8°C). Total production is 35.800 bottles.

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