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| 75 | | | 91 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | My one and only visit to this part of Spain was largely spent in a lab at the Consejo Regulador, which governs what wines may wear the appellation’s label. That day, tasting through a raft of white Rueda wine (they DO make some reds and even rosados), I came to understand what they were looking for in approving which wines would carry the D.O.’s label. This one comes with all the classic characters, using 50-50 Verdejo (vair-DAY-ho) and Viura (vee-UR-ah) grapes, the latter successfully tempering the hefty grapefruit character one often finds in 100% Verdejo wines. Dry, showing a medium pale straw color, with aromas that forecast the minerality to come, the wine presents well-evolved fruit and plenty of earthiness and mineral character in the palate. Don’t get this for folks who favor fruit bombes. It’s not going to work for them. Instead, drop this dime (well it’s not THAT cheap) on friends who tend to prefer European wines. The flinty/chalky minerality proves positively compelling sip after sip, and lingers through the long finish. Serve moderately chilled, about 50ºF/10ºC, in moderately sized tulip-shaped glasses. Great value. Foods: oysters with lemon; deep-fried seafood or fish with tartar sauce; grilled scallops; shrimp with garlic and olive oil; grill-cooked trout with fresh herbs in the belly cavity, goat cheese (awesome!); potato-parmesan cakes (great with fish and other morsels); chicken croquetas, chilled mussels with garlic mayonnaise; seafood skewers, crab cakes
United Distributors | 12/01/2009 |
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