La Riva Tres Cortados Veracruz - 37,5 cl.
£104.41 (Inc. VAT bot. 37,5 cl.) / North Ireland
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The NV Tres Cortados Veracruz was produced in Trebujena, inland, where there's more concentration. It's more drinkable than the Cuatro Cortados they released in 2022. This is a dry wine from a family that bought the wines from a winery called Veracruz that were from the Pago Veracruz. The Cortados is the wine with oxidative aging—the more oxidation, the older the wine—and they guess most of the wine must have been from a single year, and the classification would be closer to a single vintage from the 1970s. It has saline notes and hints of petrol. It's not painful; it's elegant and drinkable for the age it is, without weight. It finishes with a note of low tide and rusty iron. 600 half bottles were produced.
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
18.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
It comes from a single very old Palo Cortado cask, the remains of a solera of eight casks assembled in 1981 and whose origin dates back to before 1900.
Description
Sometimes the most exciting wines are born not from a "market idea" but from an almost archaeological find. In Trebujena, inland of the Jerez region, Bodegas De La Riva decided to listen to the old butts instead of imposing a modern script on them. That's where Veracruz comes in: a historic bodega and its Pago Veracruz, today almost a lost name. The brave decision was not to "correct" anything, but to bottle the truth as it was: a dry and old wine, of noble oxidative ageing, with the patina of time as part of the character. The blend looks back to the Trebujena of yesteryear: Palomino with Perruna, a rare blend today, but deeply local, born to tell of light soils, Atlantic breezes and the warm pulse of the interior.
Winemaking
De La Riva Tres Cortados Veracruz belongs to Palo Cortado territory: finesse and aromatic tension, but with the breadth and hazelnut tone of oxidative ageing. It comes from a single cask, reconstructed in 1999 with the remains of founding casks; more conservation than "elaboration" in the usual way. The ageing process has been very long, static and patient: depletion, concentration, oxygen dosed by the wood and a natural refining process that polishes without adding weight. The volume is minimal: 60 bottles of 37.5 cl, with 18.5% vol.
Taste
The Riva Tres Cortados Veracruz does not raise its voice: it speaks softly, with old-fashioned authority. First, a dry, almost ascetic austerity, and then the unfurling of well-managed oxidation: fine nuts, echoes of the cellar, a hint of noble varnish. The salinity comes through clearly - more gum than tongue - and a subtle petrol note emerges, like an old lamp, which adds to the mystery. On the palate it enters straight, without sweetness, with controlled warmth and surprising elegance: it flows, not heavy. The finish is pure shore: low tide and a touch of rusty iron, like a sea railing after years of wind. A wine for those who enjoy the essential: dry, saline, deep and dangerously drinkable.
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| Bottles | Price | Over £351.58 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | £11.34 | £5.67 (-£5.67) |
| 7-12 | £15.38 | £7.69 (-£7.69) |
| 13-18 | £21.53 | £10.77 (-£10.77) |
| 19-24 | £29.44 | £14.72 (-£14.72) |
| 25-30 | £34.19 | £17.10 (-£17.10) |
| 31-36 | £38.23 | £19.12 (-£19.12) |
| 37-42 | £46.14 | £23.07 (-£23.07) |
| 43-48 | £50.54 | £25.27 (-£25.27) |
| 49-54 | £57.09 | £28.54 (-£28.54) |
| 55-60 | £61.35 | £30.68 (-£30.68) |
| VAT included | ||
