Rueda, Castilla y León, Spain
For an entry level this is an overachiever. Smoke, cream fraiche, mineral-laced citrus, yellow peach, -ripe apricot-, white pepper, elevated crescendo acidity, grippy texture with the right amount of phenolic bitterness! Intense and focused. Long finish.
For an entry level this is an overachiever. Smoke, cream fraiche, mineral-laced citrus, yellow peach, -ripe apricot-, white pepper, elevated crescendo acidity, grippy texture with the right amount of phenolic bitterness! Intense and focused. Long finish.
Jun 17th, 2021
Made from 100% Verdejo, this complex, energetic Spanish white is the entry-level bottling of one of Rueda’s top bodegas. The 2016 blends concentration and nerviness with a deft hand, while displaying intense, mineral-laced citrus fruit character, suave floral topnotes and spicy tenacity. $25.00 (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, January 2019)
Made from 100% Verdejo, this complex, energetic Spanish white is the entry-level bottling of one of Rueda’s top bodegas. The 2016 blends concentration and nerviness with a deft hand, while displaying intense, mineral-laced citrus fruit character, suave floral topnotes and spicy tenacity. $25.00 (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, January 2019)
Jan 14th, 2019
I love Spanish whites particularly Verdejo. Lovely florals showing notes of honeysuckle. On the palate mouth filling tropical flavours with M+intensity and an acid cut at the finish. Amazingly 50% of the crush comes from 150 year old wines from Castilla y Leon. Delicious.
I love Spanish whites particularly Verdejo. Lovely florals showing notes of honeysuckle. On the palate mouth filling tropical flavours with M+intensity and an acid cut at the finish. Amazingly 50% of the crush comes from 150 year old wines from Castilla y Leon. Delicious.
Aug 6th, 2017Pale lemon and on opening showed a degree of spritzig. Smells and tastes like a Chardonnay initially with stone fruit and melon nuances and spice but with air it morphed into a more savoury style Mediterranean white which it is. An intriguing note of ginger. Uncomplicated satisfying drinking.
Pale lemon and on opening showed a degree of spritzig. Smells and tastes like a Chardonnay initially with stone fruit and melon nuances and spice but with air it morphed into a more savoury style Mediterranean white which it is. An intriguing note of ginger. Uncomplicated satisfying drinking.
Dec 2nd, 2016Old vines and precision! Buy this up as a house white.
Old vines and precision! Buy this up as a house white.
May 25th, 2016Tight, mineral, firm and almost austere. Grown on 90yo+ vines that gives a character-filled wine. Very precisely well done!
Tight, mineral, firm and almost austere. Grown on 90yo+ vines that gives a character-filled wine. Very precisely well done!
May 20th, 2016
Good daily wine. Lemon, lime, peach, but a little lanolin as well.
Good daily wine. Lemon, lime, peach, but a little lanolin as well.
May 15th, 2016
