Dominio de Cair
Discover the secrets of Ribera del Duero glass in hand
About the winery
At Dominio de Cair as well as having a great vineyard, we firmly believe in selection. Selection on the vine. We study each plot to decide the ideal moment to pick and the wine the grapes will be used to make. Grapes are picked by hand and placed in small boxes so that they can be taken to the winery undamaged. On arrival they are placed in a cooled chamber which allows us to control temperature and moisture perfectly, something which is vital. The sorting table. The clusters are checked on a two-stage sorting table. First the grape clusters are selected by hand and on a second table each berry is checked, so that only those in perfect condition will continue forward to the vinification process. Vinification: Our modern facilities have been designed so that wines can be made in optimum conditions. We have oak vats and low-capacity stainless steel tanks. Crianza: For ageing our wines we have the best selection of new French- and American-oak casks from the most renowned cooperages in th
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Location
Ribera del Duero
History & Geography
Perfection, dynamism and restlessness, these few words sum up the character of our family, “the Luis Cañas family”. Fruit of the restless character of the winemaker, Juan Luis Cañas, we have produced Dominio de Cair, a new challenge which can be expressed in a single goal, to make great wines in an exceptional land, the Ribera del Duero region. A project which springs from a passion for the vineyard and is culminated by the creation of this wine cellar. A land, Ribera del Duero, in which Juan Luis searched high and low until he found the vineyards he had dreamed of. Old vines, some over a hundred years’ old. Old vines, low in yield, but generous in character, giving their best in every cluster. In our winery we have always believed that you need a great land to make a great wine. On this basis the Bodegas Dominio de Cair were set up in 2008. A modern cellar, with ultra-modern architecture, in which nothing has been left to chance, where every detail has been designed to provide what
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