Yllera - Spain - Rueda

Meraldis Verdejo - 2020

Meraldis Verdejo
Grape Variety : Verdejo  
Caract. : Dry white wine  
Price : 45.25$
SAQ Code :  
Inventory : Cellier Collection  
Format : 750 mL 
Degree of Alcohol : 13.8% 
Bottles/Crate : 6 

Tasting :

Golden yellow color. Powerful nose of ripe fruit (peach, grapefruit, tangerine) and sweet notes of vanilla and smoke due to contact with wood, with a characteristic aniseed finish. Very well structured on the palate, round, creamy and full-bodied, it offers great freshness. Long, elegant finish.

Wine Pairing :

Seafood, baked fish with sauces or grilled, rice, tender meats, Iberian ham and foie gras.

Winemaking :

  • Variety: Verdejo 100%.
  • Age of vines : Old vines of more than 30 years from Segovia
  • Type of soil Sandy
  • Yield of vines : Less than 6000 kg/Ha
  • Irrigation : None
  • Harvest : Manual
  • Fermentation : In barrels for 2 months. Malolactic fermentation and micro-oxygenation with lees.
  • Maturation : In 500 L 2-year-old French oak barrels for 17 months - no malolactic fermentation - aged on lees. Cold settling and stabilization before bottling.
  • Type of yeast : Indigenous yeast
  • Type of fining: Unfiltered wine
  • Cellar: 5 years
  • Decanting : No

See the Press Review


  • Vintage 2020
    Wine Enthusiast : 94 points
    Mundus Vini 2023 : Gold Medal
    Wine Advocate- R. Parker : 92 pts.

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