
2022 Celler del Roure "Cullerot" Blanco Valencia
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Review Date: 01/2024In 2022 they got very good balance in their wines, with a little more ripeness but also higher acidities, and the 2022 Cullerot has more intensity and structure and a dominance of old vines and white soils. It's 50% Macabeo, 15% Verdil, 15% Malvasía, 10% Pedro Ximénez and 10% other varieties, with 13% alcohol. It's more serious, balsamic, with notes of herbal tea, flowers and fennel, deep and balanced, with a little more complexity and length. It matured in 2,600-liter clay tinaja for six months. There seems to be more influence from a large plot of old Macabeo that was introduced in the wine. The quality transcends the price. 60,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in January 2023. (LG)
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Review Date: 11/2024
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Since the late 1990’s few producers have done more to elevate the perception and put the wines from Valencia in international wine drinkers' hands than Cellers del Roure. At first, they chased and caught the market with modern wines based on Tempranillo and other international varietals. However, winemaker Pablo Calatayud, after traveling in support of his wines, recognized he was on the wrong path he needed to champion the local varietals of region. In 2006 he purchased a property that included an ancient underground cellar that held almost 100 amphorae buried in the ground. This cellar was first excavated over 300 years ago. The wines from the estate are now fermented in stainless steel tanks but then are aged in those ancient amphorae (tinaja). These wines are part of the “New Spain”, which is really a rediscovery of grapes and traditions of the region after a turbulent 20th century. The wines are deceptively fresh, given the intense Mediterranean Climate, they have more in common with the wines of Southern Burgundy than their neighbors. Those indigenous varietals have adapted to maintain acidity in that climate. Cullerot “tadpole” is a blend of Macabeo, Verdil, Malvasía, Pedro Ximénez, Merseguera, and other white varietal. It is aged for 6 months in tinaja.
Product Details
Origin: Spain
Type/Varietal: Other White Wines
SKU: #1783914

