The White Wine El Gordo del Circo belongs to the Casa Rojo winery and is included in the D.O. Rueda. It is a wine made with 100% Verdejo grape.

The Verdejo grape presents its maximum expression in Castilla León, but only in Olmedo, Valladolid, can you find the old vines and suitable soil that provide us with this grape and these native yeasts so important in the lees aging of this magnificent white wine. Maximum expression of this land of fire and ice, as well as the character of its people.

The harvest takes place during the first week of September and in the early hours of the day so that the grape enters the winery with the lowest possible temperature (around 10°C). Once the grape is received, maceration is carried out for 2-3 days and after this the pressing of the grapes. Only free-run must and first pressing are used for production.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 14°C. Subsequent racking of heavy lees to leave only the fine lees and carry out aging for four months, performing weekly bâtonnage. The final blend undergoes light aging with oak wood. The wine has an alcohol content of 13.5%. It also has a total acidity of 5.5 g/l, a pH of 3.2 and 3 g/L of residual sugar. Wine has accompanied man since the beginning of time. Its culture, cultivation techniques, way of making it, transporting it, presenting it and tasting it have constantly evolved thanks to creative people who dared to take the next step of innovation. The philosophy of Casa Rojo winery believes in this constant creative evolution and reflects it in its bottles. Casa Rojo Enología Creativa is located on the Zarza road, km 8, La Raja, in the province of Murcia. This winery presents a project with wines from different parts of Spain with a revolutionary and groundbreaking vision.