Ossian Capitel

Ossian Capitel is a white wine produced by the winery Ossian Vides y Vinos in Nieva (Segovia), V.T. Castilla y León.

Ossian Vides y Vinos is a winery founded by Javier Zaccagnini and Ismael Gonzalo, when in 2005 they produced a differentiated white wine for ageing, trying to recover the essence of the Verdejo variety, originated in unique pre-phylloxera vineyards that are between one hundred and two hundred years old.

Ossian Vides y Vinos cultivate 9 hectares of vineyards in an organic way, officially certified since 2001. It is the oldest organic vineyard registered and certified in the Denomination of Origin Rueda.

The process of creating white Ossian wines is complemented with a cared for and unique production system, always searching for the respect for the raw material. They put emphasis on each and every one of the processes, trying to achieve the maximum quality, giving these wines a particular differentiation.

Ossian Capitel is a wine made from 100% Verdejo, from pre-phylloxera vineyards planted on sandy soils with slate outcrops at 900 metres of altitude.

The grapes are manually harvested and placed in 15-kg boxes. Then they are selected on a selection table. The grapes, without destemming, are pressed in a manual vertical press. Then, they begin the fermentation in French oak barrels, 50% new and 50% single-use, where they remain without racking for 10 months with their lees and with periodical batonnages.