Bodegas Piqueras Almansa Wild Fermented Verdejo 2023

	Beautiful, fragrant organic white wine
	Smooth, dry and beautifully full
	Very tasty as an aperitif
	Delicious with cold or warm fish

Verdejo from Old Vines

Smooth, dry white wine with a pleasant aroma of yellow fruit, melon and a light toast aroma. Soft, round taste. Delicious as an aperitif, but also with cold and warm fish dishes.

Spontaneously fermented Verdejo

The Rueda wine region has given the Verdejo grape international fame. But also in other Spanish wine regions beautiful and aromatic white wines are made from this special and recognizable grape variety.

Winemaker Juan Pablo Bonete of Bodegas Piqueras in southern Almansa provides a striking example. His Verdejo grapes come from organically farmed plots at 700 metres altitude. They are harvested at night and therefore transported to the cellar as cool as possible.

Fermentation starts spontaneously, with natural yeasts from the vineyard - hence the name Wild Fermented Verdejo. Both fermentation and two months of maturation on the lees take place in lightly toasted 300-litre barrels of luxury French oak from the Allier.

This is followed by a maturation of six months in large steel tanks, during which the wine also remains in contact with the lees. The result? A beautiful full wine with a ripe taste and a nicely dosed oak nuance.