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Sitios de Bodega Con Class Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Rueda
Producer: Sitios de Bodega
Tasting Notes:
This is a wine that surprises most people with its obvious similarity to good New World Sauvignon. Perhaps a little crisper and more refreshing with wonderful gooseberry and grassy aromas and a very zippy fresh and clean palate of gooseberry and grapefruit notes. A real star amongs the white wines of Spain.
Grape Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Country/Region: Spain
Vintage: 2009
Richard Sanz is now very happily established at his spanking new winery, just outside Rueda - though after just one vintage this is already small - in the company of brother Marcos (the vineyards) and sister Alejandra, who, based in London, lends a PR presence wherever necessary. He continues to make around a million bottles of the popular Con Class wines, primarily from the trio's own vineyards, which are now officially organic even if none of them make too much of a fuss about this; though this year - unhappy with the correct but rather one dimensional 07 vintage - he produced much less Sauvignon than usual, preferring to concentrate on his beloved Verdejo, which, now hugely fashionable in Spain, is primarily what the vineyards consist of.
He has, at the same time, greatly simplified his winemaking opting for major 'lees swirling' prior to fermentation, rather than the extended macerations favoured by others, in the interests of producing wines that are as natural as possible and express the nature of the terroir. Indeed, already in January, Johnny Ray of The Telegraph put the 2007 Vendimia Excepcional in his Spanish top 10, commenting that 'with complex aromas of nettles, melons, honey and citrus, it makes a tinglingly refreshing aperitif'.
Awards:
2010 International Wine Challenge - Silver Medal
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