Belondrade y Lurton 2022

Proefnotitie

Volgens velen, én Johan Cruijff, de beste witte wijn van Spanje. Geschonken bij El Bulli en drie Michelin sterren restaurant De Librije. Een 100% verdejo uit de Rueda regio met 10 maanden houtopvoeding. Goudgele, frisse, complexe, uitgebalanceerde wijn. Slechts licht gefiltreerd. In de neus wit fruit en licht gebrande aroma’s van de deels nieuw eikenhouten vaten en in de smaak rijpheid, en vetheid, maar toch voldoende fris door de juiste balans met de aanwezige zuren. Uitstekende combinatie met visgerechten en schaaldieren.

Awards

Vivino score voor jaargang 2019 is 4.3 van max 5.0

Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 92 punten: The current vintage for the ‘grand vin’ is the 2015 Belondrade y Lurton, from the earliest harvest in the winery, cropped from a very warm and dry year. Their 36 hectares of vineyards are organically farmed and certified since 2009, and the different plots are fermented independently with indigenous yeasts and matured in barrel until blending in the month of June. It’s very young and very fruit-driven, with the oak in the background and in a very subtle way, with clean aromas, and I’d say good Verdejo typicity. The palate is very pleasant, with a soft texture and again that pleasant light bitterness in the finish, nicely balanced by very good acidity. In fact, this 2015 has a little bit less alcohol and a little more acidity than the 2014. These wines are clearly much more interesting two to three years after the harvest, even if they can be drunk early, as they reach maturity and more complexity in a good couple of years after bottling. This is a warm vintage, but with good freshness. 98,500 bottles were produced in 2015. The wine was bottled in August 2016. I tasted the latest wines with Didier Belondrade, his son Jean and winemaker Marta Baquerizo. I saw good Verdejo typicity, in fact I had forgotten about that slightly bitter finish of the grape.

93/100 punten van Robert Parker voor jaargang 2013

17/20 punten van Jancis Rbinson voor jaargang 2010: “Light nose. Very fresh and complete. So extraordinarily different from the Rueda norm. Lovely beginning, middle and end.”