Description
Technical sheet
Store: baniso
D.O. Rueda
Vintage: 2023
Variety: 100% Verdejo grapes.
Grade: 13,0% vol.
Tasting notes
Clean, bright, alive. Straw yellow color with golden iridescence.
Fine aromas of fresh tropical fruits (pineapple, passion fruit) are perceived on the nose. With aniseed and green apple background.
Good attack in the mouth with a soft and persistent finish. With structured body. Pleasant, refreshing and wide mouthfeel. With very marked citrus and bitterness in the aftertaste. Good Alcohol-Acidity balance, with medium-high persistence that is remembered over time.
Operating temperature: 7-10º C
Geology and Soil
The vineyards crown the high parts of the northern area of the DO Rueda, the epicenter of the DO Rueda and a few kilometers from Valladolid.
Brown soils, rich in calcium and magnesium, easy to till and rocky with good aeration and drainage and limestone outcrops at the highest levels. Permeable and healthy, its texture varies from sandy to silty. The pH. of its lands oscillates between 7 and 8. This geological substratum has evolved on the surface towards brown soils on stony allochthonous deposits, giving rise to the typical “gravelly” lands, brown soils on stony allochthonous deposits, and with good drainage.
The temperature difference between day and night is the secret of its flavor, the sugar gained from the sun is compensated by the acidity not lost in the cool nights. The vines withstand sun exposure of up to 2.600 hours per year, an amount that would be excessive were it not for the late ripening of its grapes. Considering the latitude, the DORueda would be located in the Mediterranean arc but due to its altitude between 700 and 800 m, and the rains rarely reach 500 liters per year, it is considered to have Continental influence.
Pairing
At Made in Spain Gourmet we recommend it with mussels, prawns, and oysters. For appetizers and combines perfectly with rice and fish. Semi-cured sheep cheeses from Calaveruela y Quesería 1605 and vegan, such as those from Veggie Karma.
Crafting
Made with grapes at their right point of maturity from vineyards planted in gravel land. Fermented at 14º for 22 days. Aging is done in the bottle.
DO RUEDA
Continental weather
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.
gravelly soil
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.
Israel Romero -
Price quality is a fantastic Verdejo!!