Marques de Murrieta - Blanco Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 1986 (750ml)
Price: $999.00
Sale Price: $799.00
| Producer | Marques de Murrieta |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Varietal | White Blend |
| Vintage | 1986 |
| Sku | 1634087 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
"I have been terribly excited about this wine since I first learned that (part of) it was still in cement waiting to be bottled in September 2013. I consider the rare white Castillo Ygay one of the greatest white wines ever produced in Spain and the 1986 Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserva Especial is a great addition to the portfolio of the winery--an historic wine that is coming back to life. I did a vertical tasting of many of the old historic vintages of this wine and they are included in a separate article in this very same issue. This 1986 had seen the light as a limited early release bottled in 1992 and sold around 1995 and some bottles might still be found in the market. But most of it remained unbottled and was kept at the winery where it stayed in oak for 21 years followed by some six years in cement vats until it was bottled. It has 13.5% alcohol an extremely low pH of 2.98 and 6.75 grams of acidity (tartaric). It has a very subtle nose and it's a bit shy a little closed at first. It was only bottled one and a half years ago and it's not crazy to say that the wine is showing extremely young. The wine shows more open the day after when it has developed some nuances of mushrooms and verbena tea. This is mostly Viura with perhaps a pinch of Malvasía Riojana (aka Alarije). The palate is both powerful and elegant with superb acidity and great length with volume and sharpness with a mineral umami-driven finish. It fills your mouth tickles your taste buds and makes you salivate. There is nothing negative about the wine; there is no excess oak nothing blurry nothing to improve... perhaps the bottle used! I think this is a perfect wine. It seems to be getting younger and younger with time in the glass; it seems to be getting more focused and sharper and I have no doubt the wine will evolve and last for a very very very long time in bottle." -Luis Gutierrez
James Suckling: 100 Points
This is a triumph. An amazing white showing roasted pineapple dried apple flowers and hints of lemon curd on the nose. Hints of almonds too. Full-body closed and tight with amazing depth and beauty. Waxy salty and creamy. Goes on for minutes. 21 years in wood seven in concrete and then about three years in bottle. First year since 1978. Viura with a hint of malvasia. I have the same mind-tingling sensation tasting this as tasting the 1963 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco. Another perfect wine. 8000 bottles made.
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