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Rara Avis Blanco 2019

41.62₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain

39.54₣/ud (-5%)

Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez
Tierra de León

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41.62₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain

39.54₣/ud (-5%)

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Features

Type of wine

Barrel Aged White

Pairings

Creamy Cheese, White Meat, White Fish

Style

Deep and mineral

Occasions

Romantic Dinner

Winery

Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez

Size

75 cl.

Country

Spain

Region

Castilla y Leon

Appellation

Tierra de León

Alcohol

13.5%

Grapes

Albarín

Serving

Between 6ºC and 8ºC

Winemaking

Aged for 8 months in French oak barrels.

Description

In an untamed corner of Castile and León, where the holm oaks give way to vineyards and the horizon is broken into golden tones by the dry sun of the plateau, Rara Avis Blanco is born, an almost secret jewel, made under the visionary eye of Raúl Pérez, one of the most restless and respected winemakers on the Spanish wine scene. This wine is part of his relentless quest to give voice to forgotten plots, wild varieties and methods that privilege intuition over technique. The project arose from the restless impulse of a young local winegrower who, after years of cultivating old vines destined for oblivion, found in Raúl a courageous ally willing to bottle the essential. It was a particularly difficult harvest - late frosts, very low yields - that pushed them to do only what was essential: harvest by hand, vinify with minimal intervention and let the soil do the talking.

Rara Avis Blanco is made from 100% Albarín, a native grape from the northwest of the peninsula that has been rescued from oblivion by winemakers like Raúl Pérez. It comes from Altura vineyards planted more than five decades ago on poor soils of granitic sands and ferrous clays, dotted with pebbles. This combination of altitude - some vineyards are more than 900 metres above sea level - and soil gives the wine an unusual tension. The DO does not appear on the label by choice: Raúl Pérez and his team wanted to circumvent regulatory constraints to follow instinct. And that instinct has a memory: that of the artisanal wines that were drunk in the countryside, without artifice, with character.

Winemaking

The grapes are harvested in small crates at dawn, in order to preserve all the freshness that the cold soils and starry nights have managed to retain. Once in the winery, the Rara Avis Albarín grapes are gently pressed, without destemming, and the must is left to ferment with indigenous yeasts in unlined concrete tanks. No temperature control: the wine follows its own rhythm. After fermentation, it is aged for five months on its fine lees, stirred by hand, in a combination of earthenware jars and used French oak foudres. There is no fining, just a light filtering before bottling. Not a gram of residual sugar. Just grapes, soil and time.

Taste

From the first moment, Rara Avis Blanco has an austere but fascinating profile. The nose is restrained, almost shy at first: raw almond, warm limestone, a whisper of dried flower and pear skin. Gradually, it unfolds nuances of saline camomile, candied lemon peel, and a faint background of wild fennel. There is no tropical exuberance or complacent winking: this white wine demands attention, but the reward is remarkable.

The palate is dry and upright, with sharp acidity that cleanses the palate like a blast of clean air in the middle of a harvest. The body is medium, with a tactile texture - slightly grainy, like a wine that still remembers the soil - and a long finish where a lingering salinity emerges, reminiscent of the wind blowing through the pines. When warmed in the glass, it suggests a touch of dried quince, an almost metallic mineral hint, and a slight bitterness of apricot stone that makes it even more gastronomic.

A natural wine for those who appreciate truth without make-up, for those who prefer stone to flower. As its name suggests, a rara avis, yes, but one of those that will not be forgotten.

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