Dominio Del Aguila - Albillo Vinas Viejas Blanco 2020 (750ml)
 
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Price: $150.00

Producer Dominio Del Aguila
Country Spain
Varietal Albillo
Vintage 2020
Sku 9200
Size 750ml

Wine Advocate: 96 Points

The white 2020 Albillo Viñas Viejas also had a very slow fermentation because it's quite rich and it feels more generous and rounder than the 2019 I tasted next to it. It has a more approachable nose that is less reductive and flinty more civilized. It was a cool year and the wine has amazing parameters?13% alcohol and a pH of 3.02 and no sugar?coming though as bone dry and chalky. It matured in French oak barrels for 35 months. 3926 bottles and 67 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2023. 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