Description

A sidereal verdejo

With this wine they honor all those who without complexes trace their own path. They are Explorers. His destiny is in the unknown. It is a wine for those who seek to discover rather than reassert themselves. If you have come this far, this is the wine for you.

The production of this wine from the Rueda Denomination of Origin is limited to 12.000 bottles per year to guarantee very demanding quality parameters

Board Characteristics

Store: Own Vineyards, in Bodegas de Crianza de Pozaldez. Pozaldez (Valladolid),
D.O. Rueda
Add: 2018
Grade: 13,5%
Variety: 100% Verdejo

CATA's notes: In its tasting it is shown with a brighter golden color than the 2016 vintage since, although it has been aged for longer, it has been in the bottle for less time. The movement preserves the freshness very well, but it is already beginning to be unctuous, elegant and sensual without a doubt.

The nose is of high intensity, very frank, great clarity of the varietal aromas that predominate first. When aerating it comes the aging and the contribution of its lees. Not as well assembled as the previous vintage that has had more time in the bottle to combine, but it is already beginning to give excellent sensations for lovers of complex and elegant white wines. It gains in freshness and fruit in the 2018 vintage, but lags behind a little in complexity and presence of the bouquet.

The palate is soft, fresh, full of fruit, retains vividness on the palate, Power, elegance and silkiness where the lees and the barrel give depth, but without losing the freshness of the varietal. The aftertaste combines fruit and spices, different from the previous vintage.

Operating temperature: 6-8ºC

Preparation: In 32 hectares of 100% Verdejo variety vineyards, quality grapes are chosen to make this great wine. Liberso is the first wine created in this winery, interesting and different, as a result of discovering the limits of various values of this variety of grape, such as Verdejo.

To obtain this result, 19 different wines were made; wines that have undergone several processes, the first in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature and aged on its lees for 9 months to preserve its spontaneity. On the other hand, individually 18 fermented wines were produced and aged for 9 months in French, American and Hungarian oak barrels from 12 of the best coopers in the world and in 3 different volumes 225, 300 and 500 liters.

Pairing: en Made in Spain Gourmet We recommend blue fish and shellfish, but also with rice, soft or creamy cheeses and rice of all kinds. In an aperitif it would be great too. One of those full-bodied wines that you can even taste alone, with a good book.

Free It is the first DO Rueda wine characterized and marketed by vintage. Each wine is a faithful reflection of the peculiarities of its year marked by a common and unmistakable style.

the verdejo grape

The Verdejo grape has lived for more than ten centuries in the Denomination of Origin Rueda. The genius of him is determined by his aroma and flavor, with nuances of scrubland grass, with fruity touches and excellent acidity. The extract, the personality factor of great white wines, is perceptible due to its volume and its characteristic bitter touch that projects a flash of originality in the mouth, accompanied by a great fruity expression. They are wines of great harmony, whose memory after passing through the mouth invites you to continue with the tasting.

Continental Climate

The DO Rueda rises between 700 and 870 meters above sea level, with flat but high lands, which endure cold and very long winters, short springs with late frosts and hot and dry summers, only altered by inopportune storms. This factor forces the vines to look for their water resources in the depths of the subsoil, more than in other areas of Europe.

Sprouting is usually late, and pruning can take place until March or early April. The rains are scarce reaching minimums of 300 liters and maximums of 500 liters per year.

In other times, at the end of winter, an excavation was made around the vine to concentrate the spring water.

At the beginning of the summer, a "shelter" was made by accumulating the earth around the vine again and burying it halfway many times to protect it from summer evaporation. Today, the improvement of the crop and the incorporation of dripping, compensates for these tasks that are impossible to put into practice today.

On the other hand, the difference in temperatures between day and night is the secret of the balance between the sugar that the grape gains from the sun and the acidity that it does not lose during the cool night. The insolation reaches 2.600 hours per year, which would be excessive if it were not for the late ripening of the grapes.

Due to its latitude, the Rueda area is located in the Mediterranean area. However, due to its altitude, it is declared of continental influence.

the gravelly ground

The DO Rueda is located in the central sector of the depression formed by the Duero River, constituting a plateau with gentle reliefs and slopes subjected to the Atlantic winds. Extensive alluvial and diluvial terraces on the banks of the Duero and its tributaries Trabancos, Zapardiel and Adaja.

Brown soils, rich in calcium and magnesium, easy to till and stony with good aeration and drainage and limestone outcrops at the highest levels of the undulations. Permeable and sound, their texture varies from sandy to silty.

The pH. of its lands fluctuates between 7 and 8. This geological substratum has evolved on the surface towards brown soils on stony allochthonous deposits, giving rise to the typical “gravy” soils where the best DO Rueda vineyards are located.

Varieties white grapes

The DO Rueda is one of the few European wine regions specialized in the production of white wine and in the protection and development of its autochthonous variety, the Verdejo

The strong personality of the Verdejo (main variety), the adhesion of other varieties, as well as a vineyard that has learned to survive the harshness of its environment, almost hostile, to give the best of itself to the wine, make up the profile of Rueda white wines.

The varieties have been appearing throughout the history of the DO Rueda. In the 30 years, the variety begins to be planted in the area Fine Palomino, origin of fortified flor wines, with a higher yield than other varieties and capable of producing wines similar to those of Jerez, highly demanded at that time. Thus, it became the majority variety in the Medina region at that time (the CRDO Rueda does not allow new plantings of this variety). It is a variety that produces light wines with low acidity, very suitable for making wines with biological aging.

Variety Viura, with its reputation from La Rioja, began to cultivate in the 50s, a time when the classic white model passed through the wooden barrel. This variety gave the aristocratic touch of Castilian table wine, since those were times in which the virtues of the Verdejo were yet to be discovered and it was cultivated at the same time, at the extremes of generous and popular. It is used in white wines providing greater lightness and a point of acidity.

La Sauvignon Blanc (main variety) made an appearance in the years 70. Originally from the French Loire, it adds a floral component with aromas of grapefruit and passion fruit, compared to the flint touch of the Sauvignon del Loire, differences mainly due to the greater number of hours of sun when compared to the Loire and Bordeaux. However, they have in common the short vegetative period, which in the French zone is due to the northern latitude and in the Castilian zone to the altitude. The DO Rueda is a pioneer in the adoption of this French variety, which gives this region a modern and international character.

La Viognier, authorized in 2019, It is a variety that provides aromas of stone fruit and honey with hints of muscatel.

La Chardonnays, authorized in 2019, It is a variety with a medium-low aromatic intensity that provides the wine with notes of ripe fruit and which, over time, can express aromas of butter and walnuts.

Additional Information

Weight :	1,7 kg
do	D.O. Rueda

Information about Liberso

Making wine is now within the reach of almost anyone with a vocation and money. Good technical advice and some capital are enough to buy the grapes and rent the space in the winery. He does not risk much, and allows the wine adventurer to make his dreams come true.

This is what agricultural engineers Miguel Ángel Fernández Martín and Ignacio Hernández Esteban have done in Rueda. On the contrary, they have to face a very competitive market, with strong and prestigious brands. Then comes the search for originality, via marketing. A common place in all those who begin to make wine.

Las Bodegas de Crianza de Pozaldez SL is a winery created in the Rueda Denomination of Origin, it is the result of the oenological concerns of its owners, who in addition to being partners are friends and have fulfilled the dream they had in common from an early age, studying Engineering Agricultural.

This is a designer white, the result of the combination of 18 wines, a sophisticated composition that is reflected in a harmonious set of fleshy and exotic fruit notes, light floral perfumes, the balsamic air of wild herbs and the warm presence of spices and toasted. Smooth, unctuous and balanced, the pleasant bitterness of its citrus aftertaste gives freshness to the bold proposal.