Vino Blanco El Lebrero
White Wine El Lebrero from D.O. Ribera del Duero. Wine from Bodegas Félix Callejo made with Albillo grapes and fermented in barrels. It is complex and has balsamic, fruity and floral aromas.
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Winery: Bodegas Félix Callejo
Elaboration: Fermented in French oak barrels.
Tasting note for White Wine El Lebrero:
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Intense yellow color with golden reflections, clean and bright.
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The nose is intense, ripe exotic fruits, white flowers, aromatic herbs, complex, mineral, spicy and balsamic background.
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The palate is long, balanced, expressive, fruity memories and end of mouth spicy and very long.
Optimum service temperature: 10°-12° C.
A pairing: Bacalao con tomate.
Ingredients: 4 loins of desalted cod, 2 onions, 1 kg. of ripe tomatoes, 1 medium red pepper, half a teaspoon of sweet paprika, 3 cloves of garlic, 100 ml. of white wine, wheat flour for batter, salt and extra virgin olive oil.
Elaboration:
- Cut the pepper, onion and garlic cloves into small cubes. Peel the tomatoes and chop them too.
- In a medium saucepan put oil to heat and add the peppers and fry until the peppers starts to soften.
- Add the onion and garlic, fry everything until tender. Add the white wine and cook a few minutes until the alcohol evaporates.
- Incorporate the tomato and a small touch of paprika. Cook for about 30 minutes over low heat stirring the sauce from time to time so that it does not stick.
- On the other hand we prepare the cod. Flour the loins and seal in a pan with olive oil.
- Add the cod to the casserole with the sauce, placing the loins with the skin down, in this way they will finish cooking well and the whole loin will remain.
- Rectify salt if necessary, remember that cod has its own salt. Let cook everything together for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Remove from heat and reserve. It is much tastier if served tempered.
Bon Appetite!
Félix Callejo was born in Sotillo de la Ribera, in a family with a long tradition in the world of wine. Both his grandfather Faustino and his father Felix owned vineyards, in addition to being "wine brokers", a kind of commercial agent, in charge of selling the items of wine made in Sotillo.
At age 16, he had to assume the reins of the family business after the death of his father. Restless by nature, he always had the dream of making his own wine.
The reward comes in 1989, when the first harvest comes to light. From the beginning, its maxim has been to make known the greatness of our wines, making trips around the world, from Japan to America, attending fairs, contacting new customers. He has been a pioneer, always with his bottle under his arm, when introducing Ribera del Duero wines, in countries where there was hardly any wine culture.