Bodegas Naia (Viña Sila)
Náiades Rueda Verdejo
Rueda, Castilla y León, Spain
Rich, opulent and totally absorbing, the 2012 ‘Naiades’ from Bodegas Naia in the Rueda region of Spain is a full bodied, classy Verdejo (100%, barrel fermented) showing beautifully well at nine years of age. The nose features aromas of candied pear, orange marmalade and warm butter, while the palate carries its considerable weight well with gently persisting acidity and good length. This is not a wine with great finesse, but it’s hard not to love it.
Rich, opulent and totally absorbing, the 2012 ‘Naiades’ from Bodegas Naia in the Rueda region of Spain is a full bodied, classy Verdejo (100%, barrel fermented) showing beautifully well at nine years of age. The nose features aromas of candied pear, orange marmalade and warm butter, while the palate carries its considerable weight well with gently persisting acidity and good length. This is not a wine with great finesse, but it’s hard not to love it.
Oct 11th, 2021
Nose has fresh lychee, ripe pear, dried lemon peel, distant white flowers, crushed hazelnut and wet, neutral wood.
Palate has orange zest, (light) honey, cooked pear and wet sandstone. Medium acidity, but a long finish.
Color is a beautiful, light gold, showing some age.
100% Verdejo, likely could see a 10th birthday with proper storage. Our last bottle.
We've been trying for a (mostly) dry January to break into the New Year, but it's a challenge. We really enjoy cooking, and wine with a meal is like salt or seasoning with your recipe, something to compliment. We decided to limit ourselves to just Sunday nights, and been successful for three weekends now. We have a wine dinner tomorrow and not cooking, so bending the self-imposed law for a Saturday night. Sous-vide, citrus-marinated chicken breasts paired to boiled then convection baked potatoes with reserved bacon fat (we keep a jar in the refrigerator for any occasion, also duck fat) because flavor is the name of the game!
Nose has fresh lychee, ripe pear, dried lemon peel, distant white flowers, crushed hazelnut and wet, neutral wood.
Palate has orange zest, (light) honey, cooked pear and wet sandstone. Medium acidity, but a long finish.
Color is a beautiful, light gold, showing some age.
100% Verdejo, likely could see a 10th birthday with proper storage. Our last bottle.
We've been trying for a (mostly) dry January to break into the New Year, but it's a challenge. We really enjoy cooking, and wine with a meal is like salt or seasoning with your recipe, something to compliment. We decided to limit ourselves to just Sunday nights, and been successful for three weekends now. We have a wine dinner tomorrow and not cooking, so bending the self-imposed law for a Saturday night. Sous-vide, citrus-marinated chicken breasts paired to boiled then convection baked potatoes with reserved bacon fat (we keep a jar in the refrigerator for any occasion, also duck fat) because flavor is the name of the game!
180 year old vines I'm told. Super concentrated in sense of the amount of extract it seems to have. Crazy textural wine that counters the density with abundant freshness. Awesome
180 year old vines I'm told. Super concentrated in sense of the amount of extract it seems to have. Crazy textural wine that counters the density with abundant freshness. Awesome
Feb 3rd, 2017
Aging doesn’t help this wine....bit of honey and old nuts.
Aging doesn’t help this wine....bit of honey and old nuts.
Jun 28th, 2019
2012 vintage on 26.12.17
Fantastic wine. Nice wood integrated. Fruit all over and acids pleasantly there. Honey afterwards.
2012 vintage on 26.12.17
Fantastic wine. Nice wood integrated. Fruit all over and acids pleasantly there. Honey afterwards.
17+. 2012. Best Verdejo I've ever tasted. Complex, balanced, long, great mouthfeel.
17+. 2012. Best Verdejo I've ever tasted. Complex, balanced, long, great mouthfeel.
Oct 4th, 2017
2012 vintage on 14 and 15.4.17
Wood and tropical fruit like very ripe pineapple. Very well balanced in the mouth. Nice spices, bitters from almond. Very good!
2012 vintage on 14 and 15.4.17
Wood and tropical fruit like very ripe pineapple. Very well balanced in the mouth. Nice spices, bitters from almond. Very good!
Explosion of fruit and subtle at the same time. Perfect match with sweet prawns.
Explosion of fruit and subtle at the same time. Perfect match with sweet prawns.
Jun 9th, 2016
