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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 7/23/2014 & rated 87 points: Spanish Whites around $20 (Daniel's): Light medium gold in color. The nose is flinty with minerals. Slightly sweet on the attack. An odd buttered sweet corn note. Turning slightly bitter on the finish. A nice wine. (3511 views) | | | Tasted by wdlohr on 1/22/2014 & rated 91 points: In this case, the reviews are true. This is a fabulously complex and enchanting wine for $12 at Costco. It features a rich full aroma of tropical fruit and a mineral stoney balance which has harmonious body and taste. (3668 views) | | | Tasted by DarinC on 11/12/2013 & rated 88 points: After letting it breathe and warm up a little above 60F it's a hell of a wine at the price point that pairs well with many foods and holds up for days after being recorked. Primarily tropical and stone fruit, with some minerality. Medium to full body, slightly rich, with ample complexities. Tasted many times, with similar notes. (4015 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 10/1/2013 & rated 89 points: Russk. Stacole tasting at Rubell. A touch bitter. (4335 views) | | | Tasted by BVal on 9/15/2013 & rated 91 points: Color/App: medium/light yellow throwing quite a few nice, long legs in the glass. After letting warm up a bit out of the fridge: bold nose of lemon, wet rock and a little pineapple and oak. Quite a nice palate showing citrus, a little honey, minerals. Excellent acidity and midpalate structure with a decently long finish. Great everyday quaffer and quite the QPR. I've always had a soft spot for Verdejo and this is really a very very good one. (4180 views) | | | Tasted by jlaws7lh on 8/27/2013 & rated 92 points: Great value! (1932 views) | | | Tasted by hshswines on 6/27/2013 & rated 91 points: Very much enjoyed this white wine. Tasted somewhere between a good sauvignon and chardonay (1700 views) | | | Tasted by BadOyster on 3/4/2013 & rated 90 points: Just reminded myself how good this wine is - it's the next step up for a sauvignon blanc drinker, with a bit more stone fruit up front. So good. (2000 views) | | | Tasted by Sauvyfan on 2/11/2013 & rated 84 points: Cloudy. Pineapple and Granny Smith nose. Touch of apricot as well. Palate is tart, refreshing and aggressive. Lemon concentrate, grapefruit juice. Makes you make that "sour face". (1846 views) | | | Tasted by BadOyster on 8/13/2012 & rated 90 points: this may be my new favorite cheap white wine. it has good structure and good light peaches up front (not to be confused with sappy, stewed peaches). it finishes with a little bit of bite - not quite as saline as i'd like, but not bad! (2603 views) | | | Tasted by BadOyster on 6/30/2012 & rated 89 points: Fresh peaches - like a jolly rancher. Smooth, clean. Nice! (2467 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, September/October 2012, IWC Issue #164
(Jorge Ordonez & Co/Bodegas Ordonez Verdejo Nisia Old Vines Rueda) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Bodegas Ordoñez Producer websiteBodegas Ordoñez Rueda Old Vines NisiaNV Tech Sheet:https://www.jorgeordonezselections.com/web-documents/wine-67/Nisia%20Sellsheet.pdf
History
Historically, D.O. Rueda is one of Spain’s finest white winemaking regions. When the capital of Castilla y León
was in Valladolid, the wines of Rueda (and those of Toro) were celebrated by the Spanish medieval court.
The most important indigenous grape in Rueda is Verdejo, named for the green hue of the skins. For centuries
Rueda produced quality Verdejo, but was annihilated by the phylloxera, which wiped out two thirds of the
region’s vineyards. When American rootstocks were selected for grafting, they were chosen for productivity,
not quality. This focus on quantity over quality defined the region for much of the 20th century, until several
important producers resuscitated the region’s commitment to quality in the 1970’s. Today, most of the region
is focused on bulk wine from newer clones of Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc. These vineyards are typically
planted in the central part of the appellation, which is defined by extremely productive red clay soils. There
are small pockets of extremely old, ungrafted vineyards of the original clones of Verdejo in the south-eastern
part of the appellation. It is Bodegas Ordóñez’s goal to find and champion these authentic vineyards.
Vineyard
Nisia is produced from several ungrafted, head trained, and dry farmed vineyard sites surrounding the town
of Puras in the south-eastern sub-region of D.O. Rueda. These vineyard sites were planted between 80 and
60 years ago, on extremely sandy soils that are intermixed with river stones. These are soils that were
deposited in this part of Rueda thousands of years ago by the Duero River. These sandy soils prevented the
phylloxera from entering this subzone, so although the vineyards were planted between 1940 and 1960,
they are all ungrafted. They are also head trained, dry farmed, and cared for using the most traditional
methods of viticulture possible. These practices reduce the yields of the vines and create a more authentic
expression of Verdejo in the final wine, that moves beyond the simple, commercialized, watery wines from
Rueda that now flood the market.
Winemaking
The grapes are hand harvested, sorted rigorously, and pressed by a small pneumatic press. The must is cold
settled, and 60% of the volume is racked into large format, 500L & 600L Burgundian oak puncheons and
demi-muids for fermentation. These barrels are all third use through older neutral barrels from the foundation
of the winery in 2011. The remaining 40% of the must remains in stainless steel for fermentation. The
fermentation is carried out and the wine remains on the lees for 6-8 months after the fermentation,
depending on the harvest and vintage conditions. Our goal stylistically is to produce serious, age worth
Verdejo from Rueda. Nisia is a wine that will blossom in the bottle and although it is lively and fresh upon
release, will develop tremendous secondary and tertiary characteristics due to the sur lie ageing and barrel
fermentation. Our use of neutral barrels for the fermentation allows a fine micro-oxygenation of the wine,
which balances out the reductive conditions created by sur lie ageing. Simply, the care for our old, original
clone Verdejo vineyards and serious winemaking produce an atypical and uncommonly serious Verdejo.VerdejoVerdejo thrives in Northwestern Castile continental climate and gravel soils. The grape gives aromatic wines, often soft with body.
Wines take on a slightly yellowish color, with a youthful, greenish hue. A crisp and fresh white variety with grassy notes, a touch of fruit and excellent level of acidity. The extract, a key factor when assessing the personality of great white wines, is perceived through its volume and its characteristic bitter touch, which leaves a glint of originality in the mouth, accompanied by a rich fruity expression. These wines are harmonious, and their aftertaste invites to go on drinking.Old Vines Old Vine/Vieilles Vignes (Wikipedia)Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
Wine Map on weinlagen-info
Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Castilla y León Castilla y León Wine (Turismo Castilla y León ) |
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