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>APPEARANCE</strong>: Clean and bright, this is a straw yellow wine with lemony hues.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>BOUQUET</strong>: Medium intensity. Fresh aromas of citrus fruit juice and herb teas such as Melissa.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>PALATE</strong>: Creamy, delicate body with an enveloping fragrance. Bitter finish very typical of Verdejo grape.</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 style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>WINE-MAKING</strong>: Mechanical night harvest (to preserve freshness of the grape). Exclusively juice from the first press in pneumatic press. Alcoholic Fermentation controlled at 17ºC(62,60ºF) in stainless steel vats. Must settling and cold stabilisation before bottling.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>COLD MACERATION</strong>: Cold skin contact maceration for 8 – 12 hours.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: It has a lovely straw yellow colour with a steely green tint and clear aromas which combine a variety of flavours such as green apples, grapefruit lemon zest, medlars and lychees together with hints of moos and hay and a touch of aniseed coming through. It is very well structured with perfectly balanced acidity which gives the wine great freshness. Full bodied. Long and complex finish revealing an array of flavours ending with that typical Verdejo bitter touch.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>FOOD PAIRINGS</strong>: It goes perfectly with smooth cheeses, spicy rice (paella), white meat and of course, with all kind of fish and seafood.</p>

<p><strong>Producer</strong>: Bodegas y Viñedos SHAYA</p> <p><strong>Region</strong>: RUEDA</p> <p><strong>Country</strong>: SPAIN</p> <p><strong>Variety</strong>: VERDEJO&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Aging</strong>: 8 months</p> <p>This wine is a special selection of very old Verdejo vines that is barrel-fermented and aged on its lees in large oak barrels of 500 and 600 litres for 8 months.</p> <p>The vines are trained in the vaso system and planted in very sandy soils which make possible the fact that many of the vines are ungrafted and very old.</p> <p>Greenish gold. Musky aromas of peach pit, lemon rind and pear, with a smoky overtone. Concentrated, tactile and dense, with a sappy, mineral quality to its orchard and pit fruit and spice flavors. Finishes bright and long, repeating the spicy note. Shows the richness of its old vines.</p> <p>Food pairings: Seafood as stuffed mussels, oysters, shrimps, and scallops, fish, vegetables, rices and pasta.</p> <p><strong>Residual sugar:</strong> 3.6 g/l</p>

<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VITICULTURE</strong>: 100% estate-grown grapes from our family vineyards in La Seca. The grapes come from 15-year old Verdejo vines. Most of them are trellised and machine-harvested at night during the second week of September. The soils in these vineyards are poor in nutrients, with a topsoil of rolling stones over a subsoil of clay.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>CLIMATE</strong>: CContinental weather is characterized by wide diurnal swings which make high daytime temperatures tumble up to 20 degrees at night. Additionally, very cold winters together with rains in spring and autumn help reaching the characteristic acidity Verdejo is known for.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>WINEMAKING</strong>: Completely estate-grown, in our La Seca vineyards. Grapes selected at their moment of ripening are mechanical harvested at night to preserve oxidation. Cold soaking of the skins before fermentation and temperaturecontrolled fermentation at 17º C. Fermentation is stopped by lowering the temperature at the right moment to preserve the natural sugar of the grapes, obtaining a great balance between acidity and sweetness.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: Pale yellow with greenish hints, bright and clear. Mellow but refreshing at the same time. In the nose, notes of melon and pineapple. With a pleasant mouthfeel, slight sweetness and grapey flavours combined with a light, balancing acidity.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>SERVING RECOMMENDATIONS</strong>: We recommend to serve it well chilled (around 6ºC). It works superbly with soft cheeses and spicy finger food. It will balance and enhance the flavours of Asian food and spices.</p>

<p style="font-size: 13px;">The Traslagares 100% Verdejo was born from the raisin proceeding exclusively from our vineyards. The delicate care of our grapes in the field and the harvest at the most appropriate moment; this is, under cover of the night’s freshness, give the excellent raw material used for a traditional elaboration which greatly combines with the XXI century’s technology.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Tasting Notes</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 13px;">Traslagares 100% Verdejo is a young, fresh and bright wine which keeps inside all the serious and powerful character of the castellan land.&nbsp;In the glass, its pale golden colour with greenish reflexes reminds of the vineyards where it comes from. Clean and bright, it reflects the rays of sunshine under which the vines have matured.&nbsp;The intensity of the nose announces some vegetal, fennel and anise nuances, all wrapped up in white fruits, green apple and a slight tropical touch of mature pineapple. In the mouth it is convincing, long-lasting and smooth; it presents a well integrated acidity with a slight touch of bitterness at the end which characterizes the Verdejo variety and invites us to another mouthful.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Suggestions</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 13px;">We recommend its consumption at a temperature between 8ºC and 10ºC, as then it is ideal to accompany fish, seafood, smoked-fish, rice and pasta based dishes, cheese, vegetables and soups, eggs and white meats and, of course, it is ideal for aperitif and “tapas”.</p>

<p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>VARIETY</strong>: 100% Verdejo</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>ELABORATION PROCESS</strong>: Made from the flowey and herbaceaous Verdejo grape, the wine is fresh and aromatic with notes of citrus, blossom and fennel. It is fermented for 20 days in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature between 13 and 16ºC in order to ensure freshness.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>THE WINE:</strong>&nbsp;In 1972 Vinos de los Herederos del Marqués de Riscal became the driving force behind the setting up of the Rueda appellation, making fresh, crisp and fruity wines to satisfy a new trend in international taste. This new style of wine.making could only be achieved in wineries equipped with the most modern technology, ensuring that all the aromas encolosed in the grapes were preserved. Continuous evolution and innovation has enabled Marqués de Riscal to harness the vineyards' full potential.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>TASTING NOTES</strong>: This wine pairs well&nbsp;with fish and shellfish, white meat and&nbsp;pasta dishes or with selection of cold red meats.</p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>RESIDUAL SUGAR:&nbsp;</strong>&lt; 2&nbsp;g/l</p>