This is made mainly from the Verdejo grape and comes from the D.O of Rueda. Interesting wine in many ways, not least because Sam Connew from Wirra Wirra was at the controls for this vintage.

Has a fair bit of sulphide over fresh fruit salad (with plenty of diced apple), some spice and a floral lift. Punchy and fruity. On the palate medium bodied with spice, apple and lemon fruit and minerally sulphide characters. It has a dryish chalky texture with a bit of phenolic grip, a loose slightly-flabby-coarse-low-acid-easy-going sort of charm and a lemony apple skin and spice finish of good length. Really easy to drink and one of those wines where reaching for the bottle to fill up your glass is far more important than how high it scores. I could drink a lot of this.

Rated : 88 Points
Tasted : Feb08
Alcohol : 12.5%
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2009