D.O. Monterrei (Galicia), Spain - 95 PARKER. Dona Branca, Verdello and Treixadura from all the vineyards on sandy slate and clay soils. The varieties are added to the fermentation progressively where they ferment with their native yeasts. 1,500 liters are aged in an oak foudre, the rest in stainless steel.
It is pale, young and austere, with more notes of earth and rocks than fruit, with notions of wet granite and dried flowers. It has a contained maturity, 13% alcohol, very good acidity, freshness and balance, with a sense of purity and transparency that is common to all the whites from here. It has depth, energy, light and extra vitality this year. It could well be the best Alanda white to date. (Luis Gutierrez).
10,000 bottles were bottled in June 2023. Recommended by El Sumiller.
Winery:
Quinta da Muradella
Denomination of Origin:
D.O. Monterrei
Type of wine:
White wine.
Varietals:
Verdelho (Godello), Dona Branca, Treixadura.
Bottle:
75cl.
Graduation:
13%
Preparation:
The grapes come from several farms organically worked vineyards planted low return on funds slate soils on clay, gravel, sand granite decomposition. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. with indigenous yeasts. The treixadura fermented with pasta. After fermentation remains 6 months on its lees. No malolactic fermentation. It is not clarified and stabilized by hand.
Sommelier rating:
José Luis Mateo is a grower of worship, and one of the key men in the revival of the wines of Galicia. Show great respect for tradition and the land values ??working 14 Ha. Possessing organically and looking for a natural balance between plant and soil. It is also responsible for the recovery of almost extinct varieties like Zamarrica or Monstrous. This vintage 2013 we liked especially more Atlantic shows that other vintages with an acidity that makes it very accurate, in our opinion, more refined than other vintages.
Paring:
San Simón cheese, goat cheese, meats, fish, seafood and white meats.
Service Recommendations:
Serve at 8 ° C.
Tasting notes:
• View: Straw yellow with steely, clean and bright.
• Nose: medium intensity, spicy, stone fruit (nectarine), citrus scrub and rock rose, lavender, hints of pastry on a mineral chalk background.
• Taste: It has a strong attack, balsamic, mineral dry and bitter end (quinine).
