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2022 Barco del Corneta Verdejo Castilla y León

2022 Barco del Corneta Verdejo Castilla y León

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Review Date: 06/2024

93+ points. The eponymous white 2022 Barco del Corneta was cropped from a very warm and dry year. It's produced with the grapes from their vines in the Cantarranas lieu-dit of the village of La Seca and the origin of the project. It's from 5.5 hectares of 16-year-old vines on sandy and limestone soils typical of the Duero zone, worked organically and, in the last three years, with cover crops trying to improve the soil structure and balance of the vines. It fermented in 300-, 500- and 600-liter French and Austrian oak barrels, but all the new ones they buy are either 500 or 600 liters. As in many places, the result is much better than expected, the balance in the vineyards through organic work and lots of viticulture shows in the wines. It has a beautiful nose with some reductive hints, opening up to aromas of tangerine peel and notes of hay and straw, and it's quite varietal and ripe without excess, with 13.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.29 denoting freshness. It's very tasty, with a chalky granularity and a dry finish with the varietal bitter twist. (LG)

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After working several vintages in Mentrido and Cebreros (in the Sierra de Gredos west of Madrid) winemaker Beatriz Herranz Sanz returned to her hometown of La Seca in Rueda to start a new project. She planted vines in 2007 and in the following year, with purchased fruit, Barco del Corneta was born. The fruit is organically grown and hand harvested. It cold soaks for 24 hours, before the whole clusters are pressed. the fruit is pressed with stems. The must is then fermented with native yeasts in barrel. After fermentation the wine is racked into 300L 500L and 600L used French oak and aged on fine lees, with no stirring, for eight months. This is Verdejo that sees similar attention and effort as the best white wines of the world and it tastes, and feels like it. This wine is a revelation. It is pure, aromatic, textured, complex, and long.

Product Details

Origin: Spain

Type/Varietal: Other White Wines

SKU: #1929074

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