White and red wines from DO Rueda, Spain

<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100%&nbsp;Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;">Talking about Appellation Rueda means reiterating the quality of the best white wines in Spain at the moment.This is something that shouldn´t surprise, as these wines were already served at the Court of King Felipe III in Valladolid at the end of the 16th Century, who passed a decree to prevent the fraud of his preferred white wines. King Carlos III personally authorised the export of the famous Rueda wines to London in the middle of the 18th century. The origin of the Verdejo variety in the region goes back to the time when the Mozarabs due to their seasonal migration came to Castile where they settled. For three generations Diez de la Hoz family has dedicated to the cultivation of vines since the last Century. They own more than 100 hectares of vineyards throughout the municipal area of Rueda in the heart of D.O. Rueda. The vineyards are cultivated on the trellis system.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>FOOD MATCHING</strong>: Fish, seafood, cheese, fruit, desserts. Due to the excellent backbone of Verdejo it is perfect for meat and specially for cold cured meat.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VINIFICATION</strong>: A criomaceration at low temperature is performed to extract the major quantity of primary flavours which are very potent in this variety. The fermentation is done at low temperature (9,5-10 ºC) in stainless steel vats respecting potential of the aromatic power of the variety. It is a young white wine without maturation.</p>

<p><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Sauvignon Blanc</p> <p><strong>A SWEET WINE SURPRISING FOR ITS FRESHNESS AND COMPLEXITY​</strong><br /> Apasionado de José Pariente is the result of the concern about making an innovative sweet wine far away from conventional approaches. After several trial vintages and small batches, we succeed in developing this Apasionado, a uniquely and vibrant example of the Sauvignon Blanc variety.</p> <p><strong>VINEYARD</strong>: The grapes used to make this wine come from the first Sauvignon Blanc vineyards grown in Rueda 28 years ago. Its soil, formed by its characteristic pebbles, is very poor in organic matter and has limestone outcrops on the highest levels. Several prunings have been made in order to get limited yields and high concentration. The effort has been focused on obtaining an overripe grape and a further selection.</p> <p><strong>WINE MAKING PROCESS</strong>: In the winery maceration at an extremely low temperature has allowed us to keep the primary aromas. Then a very light pneumatic pressing was carried out. Later, over five months there is a constant work with the lees in order to obtain a very good structure. Once the wine is clarified, it was applied a cold treatment and filtration.</p> <p><strong>TASTING CARD</strong>: Pale yellow with greenish reflections. Its aromatic expression is not usual in sweet wines due to its exceptional combination of vegetable notes and tropical fruits, memories of fresh cut grass and a hint of minerality. On the mouth there is a pleasant and very fine velvety sensation. It keeps the features of the grape Sauvignon Blanc, a fresh and clean elegance. It is a high intense wine, wellstructured and long, round. There is a perfect combination among acid, alcohol and sugar.</p> <p><strong>DINING</strong>: The result is a surprising sweet wine with an amazing freshness, what makes it ideal to enjoy with desserts but also with appetizers and food.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR:</strong> 7 g/l</p>

<p><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p><strong>MADURATION</strong>: The grapes ripening process was very good thanks to a high rainfall winter and a hot and dry summer. This weather conditions together with the optimum soil produced grapes of great quality.</p> <p><strong>ELABORATION PROCESS</strong>: VETIVER grape harvest is done at night to avoid oxidation of the grapes. Once in the cellar, it is proceeded by cooling the pasta to 10ºC, to extract all the aromatic percussors present in the skins of the grape. Maceration in cold lasts only 4 hours prior to the extraction of the yolk. After a static defragmentation, alcoholic fermentation is carried out at a temperature of 14º C with native yeasts selected by the cellar itself. Before leaving the market, the wines of VETIVER Verdejo remain 3 months in contact with the soft lees making a weekly batonage.</p> <p><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: At sight it is transparent, crystalline, bright and fluid in glass Color, straw yellow with greenish tones and golden irises The nose is clean and very intense, with nuances of tropical fruit (pineapple, passion fruit) and white flowers that blend with fennel aromas always with an aniseed balsamic bottom and citrus (grapefruit) In the mouth it is fresh, refreshing, oily, greedy at the same time as elegant, persistent, with a complex and intense nasal retro. It is characterized by being a very long wine with a slightly bitter end characteristic of the Verdejo variety that gives it structure and balance.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MARRIAGE</strong>: Suitable for appetizer and accompanying with seafood, white and blue fish, pastas and white meats. It also perfectly accompanies soft cheeses, smoked and Iberian ham.</p>

<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>MADURATION</strong>: Oxidative ageing in “damajuanas”, large bottle of 16 litres and aged in Sherry oak boots with the traditional method of “Soleras”.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: Bright golden colour with old gold trim. Intense and complex aromas with hints of nuts, lightly toasted. On the palate is long and expressive, hints of vanilla and raisin with a lingering finish.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>WINE AND FOOD</strong>: Old Cheeses, poultry stew, anchovies, cod or foie.&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">: 1.8&nbsp;</span>g/l</p>

<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>ELABORATION PROCESS</strong>: Soft and slightly rainy Winter, followed by an also soft Spring with moderate rainfall, and budding of the vine between the last week of April and the first of May, with the cycle of a normal year. Some rains in July and a very soft August with lower temperatures than the average, caused a slow phenolic maturation and delayed slightly the cycle. However, a very hot end of August and beginning of September, guaranteed an end of the cycle with excellent maturation. Harvest took place during the first three weeks of October.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>THE WINE:</strong> This is a cool and elegant wine, made exclusively with grapes from the Verdejo variety. It has a pale yellow colour, with greenish hues, and is sharp and very bright. Its aroma is powerful, very fruity, with expressive varietal primary aromas of fresh fruit in perfect harmony with floral aromas of lavender, aniseed touches of fennel and thyme typical of the Verdejo variety, as well as notes of hay and fresh grass. Its calibrated acidity lends it a notable freshness in perfect harmony with the volume of the wine, with an elegant fruity sensation and subtle bitterness at the finish.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TEMPERATURE OF CONSUMPTION:</strong>&nbsp;8ºC</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR: </strong>1.79&nbsp;g/l</p>

<p><strong>Producer</strong>: Bodegas SHAYA</p> <p><strong>Region</strong>: RUEDA</p> <p><strong>Country</strong>: SPAIN</p> <p><strong>Variety</strong>: VERDEJO</p> <p><strong>Aging</strong>: None</p> <p>Ideally suited to the poors soils and harsh environment in the Appellation of Rueda, the vineyards of Verdejo are located in the west of Segovia, planted in very sandy soils covered with alluvial pebbles. The stress on the vines and wide diurnal swings, where daytime temperatures can tumble as much as 25 degrees at night, help to create the fundamental acidity that Verdejo is known for. Juicy and ripe, with pineapple, pear and yellow apple fruit flavors that run through a mango notes. There is a balance here between the vivid structure and juicy texture, a mineral essence boosts the long finish.</p> <p><strong>Food pairings</strong>: Seafood as stuffed mussels, oysters, shrimps, and scallops, fish, vegetables, rices and pasta.</p> <p><strong>Residual sugar</strong>: 3.5 g/l</p>