Javier Revert - Micalet Blanco Valencia 2023 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $53.00
| Producer | Javier Revert |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Valencia |
| Varietal | White Blend |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 10268 |
| Size | 750ml |
Javier Revert Description
"...the wine feels quite free and shows the limestone soils quite faithfully. This is a lot more Mediterranean and perhaps true to the place, keeping the freshness, more in the style of a white Valentini." - Luis Gutiérrez, 2022 vintage
Pla del Micalet was the first vineyard Javi Revert acquired in 2014 and based on some inside knowledge as to the potential for this site – his grandfather, Vicent Albero helped plant it in 1948! This sandy and chalky site is located at the western edge of the DOP of Valencia and is planted with the indigenous and heat-tolerant Tortosí, Trepadell, Malvasía, Merseguera, and Verdil.
Wine Advocate: 96+ Points
The white 2023 Micalet comes from 2.4 hectares planted in 1948 at 730 to 750 meters in altitude on the slopes of the Penya Foradà on rocky white soils with a field blend of mainly Tortosí Trepadell Malvasía and Merseguera. Part of the vineyard is ungrafted and those grapes are harvested earlier with the rest coming in some 10 days later. The must fermented in concrete egg and oak barrels with indigenous yeasts where it matured without racking for 10 months. This year has incredible freshness reflected by a pH of 3.07 and 6.3 grams of acidity tension and contained ripeness as shown by the 12.5% alcohol. It's a white of precision and elegance; it's crystalline seamless ethereal and nuanced with purity and freshness. This is vibrant sharp and austere chalky mineral and saline. A Mediterranean Roulot? 2300 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2023 Javi Revert planted another three hectares of Arcos close to Simeta in 2023 so he now has 12.42 hectares all in his village of La Font de la Figuera and a potential for 39000 kilograms of grapes and a theoretical 30000 bottles from the 2028 harvest. He produced 20000 bottles in 2024 coming up from the 15000 in 2023. After a very warm and dry 2022 2023 was saved by the rain at the end of August for him the new style of "cooler" Mediterranean vintages freshened up by the rain and he achieved wines with finesse and freshness. The 2023s have the advantage of a new barrel room at a constant 15 degrees Celsius and stable 80% humidity and the élevage is a lot more precise. Published: Jan 09 2025
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