Bodegas Loess
Rueda Collection 2021

Grapes for this wine come from a vineyard planted in 1936, using goblet (bush) training system. The vineyard is 2 hectares in size and produces less than 4000 kg/ha.

Grapes are placed in a stainless steel tank and left to macerate on skins for 20 to 24 hours before being pressed. The must is racked off its solids and the clarified liquid fermented in French barriques where it undergoes a long, slow fermentation. The wine remains in barrel for between 5 and 7 months, with regular lees stirring to build mouthfeel and complexity. Just 5500 bottles are produced.

The colour is a bright lemon with green reflections. The aromas are immediately floral with white peach, Meyer lemon, and passionfruit, with hints of fresh fennel and warm, toasty oak tones that tend to become more prominent with time in the glass. The palate is rich, full-bodied and smooth, with intense ripe fruit supported by toasted almonds, hazelnuts and buckwheat honey, which are balanced and freshened up by lively acidity. Delightfully complex. Very long finish. 13.5% alc. <2 g/l residual sugar (very dry).

Extremely versatile, so pair with roast chicken or pork loin, fleshy whitefish like turbot or halibut, fish tacos or potato gratin.