Dominio Del Aguila - Albillo Vinas Viejas Blanco 2019 (750ml)
 
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Producer Dominio Del Aguila
Country Spain
Varietal Albillo
Vintage 2019
Sku 5979
Size 750ml

Wine Advocate: 97 Points

I first tasted the 2019 Albillo Viñas Viejas double blind with my tasting group and I was blown away (and the rest of the group too!) by its sheer elegance and freshness. It has a fine reduction hints of toasted sesame seeds very clean fruit and flowers. It feels like a Burgundy but lighter and fresher with more elegance and a flinty and stony sensation on the palate. It has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.05; it took a long time to ferment (13 months!) and then matured in barrel to complete 35 months of élevage. 5932 bottles and 225 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2022. Dominio del Águila now produces some 90000 bottles since they are not selling grapes anymore. 2023 was very dry then there was frost and the crop was small; but it rained in September and the temperatures went down so the year was saved because they harvested early. He compared it to 2014 maybe 2009. In 2022 they had to rush the harvest because it rained during the harvest. It had been very warm and dry with a torrid summer. The result is better than expected. 2021 was a classical Ribera vintage: a cold winter with snow rain and a bit of frost and a warm but moderate summer. They waited. It's a powerful and concentrated year with balance. He compared it with 2015 2011 and 2006. The good stuff is very good. Jorge Monzón considers 2020 to be an almost prefect vintage?cool and fresh reminiscent of the great 2016. 2019 was warm and dry healthy excellent for white. 2018 was cool and pretty. Published: Jun 13 2024