VMalcorta Verdejo
Grape variety: Verdejo Malcorta
Vineyard: average age. 15 years
Harvest: Mechanical
Alcoholic content. 13% VOL
Region: D.O.P. D.O. Rueda
Production: 11.000 bottles
ORIGIN
The variety Verdejo Marcorta was almost extinguished but, after years of research, Javier Sanz Viticultor has managed to bring it back to use in order to craft this unique wine. It is an extremely unusual clone of Verdejo which was no longer used due to the difficulty of its harvesting (which explains the name “Mal-corta” : Bad/difficult to cut). We have recovered the variety driven by the peculiar intensity of its aromas and flavours.
VITICULTURE
It is quite a late-ripening variety actually the last one to be harvested. It also grows in small and tight bunches, which makes it ripen with a higher acidity, producing refreshingly balanced and concentrated wines.
WINEMAKING
It is harvested at a perfect ripening point. Very careful winemaking, including cold maceration, juice settling for 24 hours, gravity-led racking and a slow, cold fermentation (below 15oC) in stainless steel tanks, seeking to retain fruit aromas.
TASTING NOTES
Clean and bright. It shows a pale straw yellow colour. Intense, clean and powerful aromas of blossom flowers, citrus and creamy stone fruit. Its flinty, mineral aromas provide an added complexity in the nose.
Tangy acidity, crisp and refreshing. Its citrus and fruit flavours linger in the palate, leaving a nice and fresh aftertaste.
RECOMMENDED SERVING
Serve cold, between 8o C and 10oC. We recommend to match it with grilled and smoked fish. Fish casseroles and cold soups.
Vineyard: average age. 15 years
Harvest: Mechanical
Alcoholic content. 13% VOL
Region: D.O.P. D.O. Rueda
Production: 11.000 bottles
ORIGIN
The variety Verdejo Marcorta was almost extinguished but, after years of research, Javier Sanz Viticultor has managed to bring it back to use in order to craft this unique wine. It is an extremely unusual clone of Verdejo which was no longer used due to the difficulty of its harvesting (which explains the name “Mal-corta” : Bad/difficult to cut). We have recovered the variety driven by the peculiar intensity of its aromas and flavours.
VITICULTURE
It is quite a late-ripening variety actually the last one to be harvested. It also grows in small and tight bunches, which makes it ripen with a higher acidity, producing refreshingly balanced and concentrated wines.
WINEMAKING
It is harvested at a perfect ripening point. Very careful winemaking, including cold maceration, juice settling for 24 hours, gravity-led racking and a slow, cold fermentation (below 15oC) in stainless steel tanks, seeking to retain fruit aromas.
TASTING NOTES
Clean and bright. It shows a pale straw yellow colour. Intense, clean and powerful aromas of blossom flowers, citrus and creamy stone fruit. Its flinty, mineral aromas provide an added complexity in the nose.
Tangy acidity, crisp and refreshing. Its citrus and fruit flavours linger in the palate, leaving a nice and fresh aftertaste.
RECOMMENDED SERVING
Serve cold, between 8o C and 10oC. We recommend to match it with grilled and smoked fish. Fish casseroles and cold soups.