Winemaker Notes
Intense, balsamic and very aromatic. Denoting spice notes over the aroma of ripe fruit exhibiting the complexity and magnificence of this wine. Dense, buttery and long.A perfect balance between fruit and wood, which makes this wine an unconventional and distinct white. Fresh on the palate with a long aftertaste with fruity notes.Perfect for accompanying first courses, such as Iberian ham and pairs well with rice and pasta dishes, main course fish dishes and even as a dessert.
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Wine Enthusiast
Made from Spain’s most widely grown white grape, Airén, which is often made into brandy, this wine has a nose of pineapple, lemon, vanilla and clove. It has beautiful viscosity that backs flavors of green apple, tangerine, butterscotch and a hint of rose petal that lingers into a long-lasting finish.
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Decanter
Wood polish nose; the palate is weighty and silky. Praline and toasted bread flavours with a touch of lime pith. Very long.
Outshining all other white vine varieties in the world as far as vineyard acreage—though that is also because lack of water forces low density planting—Airén is ultimately an important Spanish wine grape. Airén vines prefer training into low bushes, which make them resistant to drought. Used traditionally in La Mancha and Valdepeñas for blending with the Tempranillo, it is becoming more fashionable when vinified as a crisp, youthful, single varietal white. Somm Secret—In the Canary Islands, Airén goes by Burra Blanca (meaning "white donkey"), and takes to blending with Malvasia, Breval and Listan Blanco (Palomino).
The Moors gave it the name, ‘Manxa,’ which fittingly means ‘parched earth.’ La Mancha, the largest Spanish wine producing region in all of Spain, is one of its hottest and driest. Sturdy and drought-resistant white varieietes like Airen, Viura and Verdejo thrive in this environment.