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Protos Clarete is a rose wine produced in the DO Cigales by Bodegas Protos.
Protos, which means "first" in Greek, was the first winery in the Ribera del Duero. This historical winery began its life in 1927, and today is one of the most well-known wineries on the global wine scene.
Protos Clarete is a varietal wine made from tempranillo grapes and others black grapes. The grapes come from vineyards planted on south facing slopes, with poor soils, mostly limestone. The harvest is done manually.
Once in the winery, bunches are first selected, before selecting the best grains on sorting tables. After a cold maceration for 16 hours to extract all the flavour of the grape, Protos Clarete is fermented in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature.
La Ribera del Duero tells us a story about an ancestral tradition that goes back to the 9th century, and which was already used my the monks of the Order of the Cistercians. A story about farms and terroirs, a large winemaking kingdom that has its roots back in the Middle Age, and whose imprint it hidden in the essence of its villages, its villas and its castle, Castillo de Peñafiel, on the of the most important fortresses of the region. Still preserved in the inside of the castle is the ageing winery of Protos, the first winery in the area, alongside Vega Sicilia, that sold bottled Ribera del Duero wines.