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Valdemar Balcon de Pilatos Maturana 2020
£225.89
Current Price (inc. Tax)
6 bottle(s) at £37.65 per bottle.
In stock
SKU
QBK616228-20
Valdemar Balcon de Pilatos Maturana 2020
- Grape Maturana
- Country Spain
- Region Rioja
- ABV 13.5%
- Producer Valdemar
- Case size 6/ 75cl
- It is a spectacular red cherry colour with a very high layer.
- Complex and intense spicy aromas dominate the cocoa, vanilla, coconut, and subtle notes of blackcurrant. Smooth entry in mouth, silky passage, and fleshy, with a wide aftertaste and a delicate structure. Bodegas Valdemar is a family company whose roots date back to 1889 and whose Riojas has long been a reference point for the DO. Despite this, their approach is very much forward-looking; having pioneered many techniques in the region, from barrel fermentation and temperature control to saignée-method rosado, their style tends towards the modern.
- Awards
- 94 pts Tim Atkin
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• Best Red & Best Premium Red of the Show – Wines of Spain Awards 2022
Analytical data
dry
1.6 g/l residual sugar
5.18 g/l acidity
3.71 pH
Fincas Valdemacuco is Bodegas Valdemar's first foray outside Rioja. They have poured over a century of winemaking experience into this new venture from Spain’s other great Tempranillo-producing region. The grapes come from selected vineyards in the Nava de Roa district near the Duero River and offer a distinctive clarity and freshness of fruit, which enhances sensitive winemaking and a brief passage in oak barrels.
| Price | £188.24 |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | The roots of Bodegas Valdemar go back to 1889, and Joaquin Martínez Bujanda, and it remains an independent estate committed to using 100% estate-grown fruit – a very unusual strategy in Rioja. Sourcing only from 290 hectares of estate vineyards has allowed Valdemar to keep quality consistent and experiment in great detail with different sites and obscure grape varieties. The range of wines makes the most of this consistency and flexibility, from unoaked entry-level Riojas bursting with flavour to dense, complex rarities that offer even the most hardened aficionado something new. Valdemar’s single-site expressions are of particular note. The high altitude Balcón de Pilatos vineyard perfectly suits the rediscovered Maturana grape. A little lower altitude, Las Seis Alhajas is warm enough to bring the late-ripening Graciano to full maturity. These highly polished wines, made and aged in their dedicated winery, perfectly demonstrate the region’s growing trend for producing site-specific wines of character and distinction. |
| Keywords | Valdemar, Balcon, Pilatos, Maturana |
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