White Wine

Bardos Verdejo 2020

Tasting: Racy, fruit driven Verdejo from the grape’s heartland. High altitude vineyards produce fruit of exceptional quality with refreshing acidity. Bright green fruit, gooseberry, crunchy apple and lime with delicious length.

Bodega: Bardos

Region: D.O. Rueda

Grape: Verdejo

Aging: Stainless steel on lees for 2 months

Vintage: 2020

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Blume Verdejo 2021

Tasting: Delicious notes of finger lime, passionfruit, herbs and apple are complemented by wonderfully crunchy acidity.

Bodega: Felix Solis

Region: D.O. Rueda

Grape: Verdejo

Aging: Stainless steel

Vintage: 2021

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Ca N’Estruc Xarel.lo 2019

Tasting: The workhorse of cava production, Xarel.lo also makes intriguing still wines. This example is full of kiwi, kumquat, and a persistent back palate of white pepper and anise.

Bodega: Ca N’Estruc

Region: D.O. Catalunya

Grape: Xarel.lo

Aging: Stainless steel

Vintage: 2019

Alcohol: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Calumbur Pardillo 2017

Tasting: An exciting and different wine made from an old heritage variety, Pardillo, that is almost extinct. A fleshy mid-weight palate shows carraway, quince, almond and fresh cut herbs. Low in added sulfites and grown organically.  

Bodega: Bodegas y Vinedos Jesús Recuero

Region: Toledo

Grape: Pardillo

Aging: 6 months in concrete tanks on lees

Vintage: 2017

Alcohol: 12%

Closure: Cork

Cifras Garnacha Blanca 2020

Tasting: Bright and bursting with character, this 100% Garnacha Blanca from Rioja Alavesa opens with a bold nose of crab-apple, quince and lime, before the silky, creamy palate delivers crunchy lemon skin, myrtle, greengage and saline freshness.  

Bodega: Bodegas Exeo

Region: D.O.Ca Rioja

Grape: Garnacha Blanca

Aging: 6 months in a blend of large oak foudres and concrete eggs

Vintage: 2020

Alcohol: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Codos de Larouco Godello 2021

Tasting: A wine of exceptional depth and power from Galicia in Spain's northwest. Concentrated, muscular fruit, quince, grapefruit, lemon skin and herbs.

Bodega: Viña Costeira

Region: D.O. Valdeorras

Grape: Godello

Aging: Stainless steel on lees

Vintage: 2021

Alcohol: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Dominio de Tares Fermentado en Barrica Godello 2017

Tasting: This barrel fermented example of Godello drives forward with powerful concentration yet shows remarkable restraint and elegance simultaneously. Ripe nectarine, golden apricot, cooked lime and buttery oak notes swirl around a core of firm acidity, and a lick of wet stones.

Bodega: Dominio del Tares

Region: D.O. Bierzo

Grape: Godello

Aging: Fermented in barrel and then aged for six months on lees in the same barrels

Vintage: 2017

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Fresquito Vino Nuevo de Tinaja 2018

Tasting: An enigma of a wine, aged under a layer of flor yeast which lends a nutty, saline quality, backed by a core of nashi pear, quince and musky white fruit and flowers.  

Bodega: Pérez Barquero

Region: D.O. Montilla-Moriles

Grape: Pedro Ximenez

Aging: Aged under a layer of flor in tinajas (large clay vessels) for 8 months

Vintage: 2018

Alcohol: 14%

Closure: Screwcap

Gaintza Txakolina 2019

Tasting: Classic Txakoli, fiercely fresh, light and spritzy, a core of wet rock minerality is complemented by citrus fruit and the lightest lick of green apple with the scent of the Bay of Biscay.

Bodega: Bodegas Gaintza

Region: D.O. Getariako Txakolina

Grape: Hondarrabi Zuri, Gros Manseng

Aging: Stainless steel on lees for 5 months

Vintage: 2019

Alcohol: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

Gomariz X Albariño 2021

Tasting: Voluptuous Albariño with a dash of Treixadura. Coming from further inland than Albariños traditional heartland in Rías Baixas, this expression shows higher levels of ripeness and body, notes of ripe peach, nectarine, and honeydew melon with a touch of baking spices and refreshing minerality to balance against the fruit.

Bodega: Coto de Gomariz

Region: D.O. Ribeiro

Grape: 95% Albariño, 5% Treixadura

Aging: 2 months in stainless steel  

Vintage: 2021

Alcohol: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Gran Feudo Chardonnay 2020

Tasting: Intense and fresh with concentrated notes of pineapple, grapefruit, and a long lingering finish.

Bodega: Bodegas Chivite

Region: D.O. Navarra

Grape: Chardonnay

Aging: N/A

Vintage: 2020

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Gran Feudo Moscatel 2016

Tasting: Fresh and light, floral flavours with tangerine flesh and lemon rind.

Bodega: Bodegas Chivite

Region: D.O. Navarra

Grape: Moscatel de Grano Menudo

Aging: N/A

Vintage: 2016

Alcohol: 12.8%

Closure: Cork

Jaspi Blanc 2021

Tasting: Delicious medium bodied wine from Catalunya's far south. Bright, textural granny smith apple flesh, crisp lime skin, fennel seed and super fresh acidity.

Bodega: Coca i Fitó

Region: D.O. Terra Alta

Grape: Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo

Aging: Stainless steel on lees for 3 months

Vintage: 2021

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Joaquín Rebolledo Godello 2020

Tasting: Forthright upfront fruit bursts out immediately, intense flavours of grapefruit citrus, ripe stone fruits and juicy ripe lime flesh, backed by aromas of cooked lemon, tangerine skin and white flowers.  

Bodega: Bodegas Joaquín Rebolledo

Region: D.O. Valdeorras

Grape: Godello

Aging: N/A

Vintage: 2020

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

José Pariente Fermentado en Barrica Verdejo 2021

Tasting: Verdejo, just like Chardonnay responds extremely well to being fermented and aged in oak. This example from Rueda, the heartland of Verdejo, is rich, textural, has heaps of breadth and body and is farmed organically. An intense and complex nose with spicy, smoke and balsamic aromas (anise and eucalyptus standing out). Medium-bodied, smooth and elegant on the palate. The wine is powerful, with great acidity and minerality, ensuring a long and lively finish.

Bodega: Bodegas José Pariente

Region: D.O. Rueda

Grape: Verdejo

Aging: Fermentation in and then aging for 10 months in French oak

Vintage: 2021

Alcohol: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

La Mateo Colleción de la Familia Tempranillo Blanco 2019

Tasting: Tempranillo Blanco is the white DNA variant of Tempranillo, discovered in 1988. Like many other grape varieties Tempranillo Blanco can make a range of different styles depending on how it is handled. This barrel fermented, barrel aged expression sees a much more textural and structured version of wine from the grape. Concentrated and full bodied, muscular with notes of lemon balm and lemon myrtle, ripe apricot and peach, lemon flower blossom, jasmine and carraway.   

Bodega: Bodegas D. Mateos

Region: D.O.Ca Rioja

Grape: Tempranillo Blanco

Aging: Fermented and then aged for 6 months in French oak

Vintage: 2019

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Lasurreal Chardonnay 2019

Tasting: From the far northeast of Catalunya near the border with France comes this classic Chardonnay. Unoaked but with generous lees stirring which builds body and texture, it has oodles of stone fruit, citrus, green fig and slate coupled with delicious dairy and nut notes.

Bodega: Wineissocial

Region: D.O. Empordà

Grape: Chardonnay

Aging: Stainless steel on lees for 6 months

Vintage: 2019

Alcohol: 12%

Closure: Cork

A Pèl 2018

Tasting: Un-fined and unfiltered, low in added sulphites, golden amber from prolonged skin contact. Farmed organically and biodynamically this skin contact Xarel.lo provides an exceptionally cerebral wine drinking experience with notes of honey, white fruit and herbs on the nose with an exceptional palate of dried apricot, baking spices, cooked apple flesh and garrigue herbs. A very well made wine that will delight skin contact wine lovers and the curious alike.

Bodega: Loxarel

Region: D.O. Penedès

Grape: Xarel.lo

Aging: 3 months in amphora on skins

Vintage: 2018

Alcohol: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Maio 5 de Lagar de Costa Albariño 2018

Tasting: From Lagar de Costa’s oldest vines, over 100 years of age! This sumptuous, engaging Albariño shows light anise, grapefruit, lemon peel, white apricot and a backdrop of salinity, minerals and the laser like acidity that you would expect from the grape.

Bodega: Adega Lagar de Costa

Region: D.O. Rías Baixas

Grape: Alabriño

Aging: Stainless steel for 2 years

Vintage: 2018

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Máis Alá 2015

Tasting: Xosé Lois Sebio’s Viño de Encostas project focuses on fruit from old vines in vineyards that are farmed organically and biodynamically, often outside of traditional growing areas. Máis Alá is a powerful wine, made from Godello, the nose shows citrus blossom, spices, and minerals, backing a palate of concentration and muscle, but with elegance. It shows ripe stone fruits, grapefruit peel, honeydew melon and a crunchy acid drive.  

Bodega: Viños de Encostas

Region: Galicia

Grape: Godello

Aging: Fermented in barrel and then 10 months in large format old oak

Vintage: 2015

Alcohol: 13.8%

Closure: Cork

Marieta Semi-Seco Albariño 2019

Tasting: An off-dry style of Albariño, with a lick of sweetness provided by residual sugar. Fruit driven with pronounced flavours of lime, grapefruit, peach, apricot, and of course Albariño’s trademark acidity balancing pleasingly against the sweetness.

Bodega: Bodegas Martín Codáx

Region: D.O. Rías Baixas

Grape: Albariño

Aging: N/A

Vintage: 2019

Alcohol: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

Martín Codáx Albariño 2022

Tasting: Albariño doesn’t get more classic than this example from Bodegas Martín Codáx. Fresh as the Atlantic Ocean that is grown next to, zesty and vibrant citrus fruit dominates, with additional flavours of peach, melon and a dash of salinity, all wrapped up with Albariño’s trademark laser like acidity.  

Bodega: Bodegas Martín Codáx

Region: D.O. Rías Baixas

Grape: Albariño

Aging: Stainless steel

Vintage: 2022

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Martín Codáx Lías 2020

Tasting: Aromatic and intense, aging on lees (sobre lías), builds texture and body. Classic Albariño characteristics of Granny Smith apples, lime skin, peach and melon are complemented by lactic and warm brioche notes from the lees aging.  

Bodega: Bodegas Martín Codáx

Region: D.O. Rías Baixas

Grape: Albariño

Aging: Stainless steel on lees for 6 months

Vintage: 2020

Alcohol: 13%

Closure: Cork

Momvasia del Duero Malvasía 2018

Tasting: Aromas of pear, chamomile and jasmine lead into a fleshy and textural palate of nashi pear, honeysuckle flowers and baking spices. 

Bodega: Esteban Celemín Viticultor

Region: V.T. Castilla y León

Grape: Malvasía

Aging: Large format old oak

Vintage: 2018

Alcohol: 14.5%

Closure: Cork