The Abadia Returta Valdebellón is a pure Cabernet Sauvignon which is a rarity in the Ribera region. The Valdebellon is one of the absolute top wines of Abadia. The vineyard is located at an altitude of 850 meters with a south-facing orientation on white, chalk soils surrounded by pine forests. The wine is brought up in new French oak for more than 18 months. The result is a wine with an intense dark red color that is very delicate with notes of sweet spices, exotic fruit, mint, mineral aromas and hints of earth, blackberries and graphite. The wine is spicy and ripe with very refined silky tannins that melt on your tongue. The taste reveals the delicate and complex character. The wine is very refined with beautiful acidity that keeps the wine elegant and surprisingly fresh.

The "Pago" status is what the Grand Cru among Spanish wines means and is the highest status that a wine company in Spain can achieve. A wine may be a Pago-we if the wines can be guaranteed that the grapes come from a geographical zone whose specific soil characteristics are recognizable. In other words; in certain zones there is a special microclimate that, in combination with the composition of the soil, produces a grape which, despite being a well-known grape variety, cannot be compared in taste with that of its peers. There are only a handful of wines in Spain that have this ultimate status.

"Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine, that's the name of the winery, is a winery located at the gates of the Ribeira del Duero. The winery not only produces exclusive wines, but is in itself an architectural gem, an old 12th-century abbey with a luxury 5-star hotel and a star restaurant, this historic abbey is owned by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and was restored in 2008 under the direction of Italian architect Marco Serra, in Sardón de Duero, right on the western border of the Ribeira del A number of the vineyards are therefore outside this appellation and they are also experimenting at Abadía Retuerta with grape varieties such as Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah that are not permitted in Ribeira del Duero. basic appellation Vino de la Tierra Castilla Y León, but a request for own appellation has been submitted. focuses primarily on the production of high-end red wines, but has recently launched a white wine. This wine is a peculiar but very successful blend of sauvignon blanc, verdejo, godello, riesling and gewürztraminer.

Le Domaine, because that is the name of this white wine, has enjoyed a subtle maturation of wood and has rested for 6 months on the groin. The result is a slightly aromatic wine that is particularly flexible on the palate and is accompanied by a beautiful fraicheeur and ditto length. In addition, Abadía Retuerta produces 5 red wines of which one blend and four red single vineyard monocepages, respectively: Seleccion Especial (tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon and syrah), Pago Negralada (tempranillo), Pago Garduña (syrah), Pago Valdebellón (cabernet sauvignon) and PV (petit verdot).

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