2018 Dominio del Aguila Albillo Blanco Ribera del Duero, Spain

2018 Dominio del Aguila Albillo Blanco Ribera del Duero, Spain

$150.00

Albillo is a catch-all name for a diverse collection of white grape varieties in Spain. Since the name
derives from the Spanish word for white, Albillo can differ from region to region and can even be used
for different varieties within a single D.O.! For example, in Ribera del Duero, several ancient varieties
are called Albillo. Jorge makes it simple. He only selects Albillo with small clusters and a deep golden
color when fully ripe to make his Blanco.
This is the Albillo Mayor from Ribera del Duero, unrelated to the other Albillo (Real, Criollo...) from vines
that are over 100 years old, some ungrafted. The clusters were foot trodden, and the juice put in oak
casks to ferment slowly with indigenous yeasts and without stirring the lees or anything, using minimum
doses of sulfur. The wine matured in oak barrels for 35 months before it was hand bottled without being
filtered or fined. This has a very Burgundian profile—it's aromatic, expressive, open, smoky, spicy and
flinty. But this overdelivers for the adverse conditions of the harvest; it has very good balance and is
tasty, intense and chalky.

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