Maldita La Hora - Sparkling Riesling 2018 (750ml)

 

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Producer	Maldita La Hora
Country	Spain
Region	Cantabria
Varietal	Riesling
Vintage	2018
Sku	210000000732
Size	750ml

2018 Maldita La Hora - Sparkling Riesling

Sparkling Riesling From Spain 500 Bottle production. 
 

The name of this wine is Maldita la Hora, which means “Curse the day” in Spanish. The name was derived from the wine maker Asier Alonso @ Bodegas Seld’aiz. Asier, like myself, has always had an affinity for great sparkling. Asier has traveled to Catalonia where Cava is produced as well as the fountain head of great sparkling wines, the region of Champagne. He met with many great wine makers in Champagne to learn the true “Champanoise” method. Aging the grapes on their lees, no filtration, and second fermentation occurring in the bottle. The process, however, was an extremely challenging one for Asier, in many instances he found himself saying “Maldita la Hora”. When you put this much passion and effort into something, and it doesn’t turn out the way we would like it to, it can be frustrating naturally. I believe Asier, like most people that love what they do, achieved his ultimate goal with this incredible wine. I can't wait to taste future vintages of the wine; the quality is going to go nowhere but up as Asier fine tunes his craft. After tasting this wine, I can tell you that he is well on his way…

Fruit is sourced from single vineyard “El Habres” (Castillo Pedroso). The subsoil of the vineyard is very shallow, loamy clay, very rich in organic matter. Gives the grapes incredible minerality, which is why this wine is so balanced in the bottle. 20% of the juice is sourced from the winery's Reserve Riesling taken from bottle. 
 
Method: Manual selection of bunches in the vineyard. Transfer to the winery in boxes of 15 kg. Pre-cold maceration and pressing of the cluster without destemming in pneumatic press at low pressure. Static freezing for 36 hours. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks, without addition of any type of product. Aging on its lees. Without tartaric stabilization, without clarification, without filtering and without sulphureous. Method Champanoise with Second fermentation in bottle at 11-14 C.
 
Tasting Notes: Straw/lemon color, fine and abundant bubble, forming a marked crown. On the nose, aging aromas, dominating the toasted tones well harmonized with aromas of nuts (hazelnuts). Smoked notes, coffee, yeast, pastry, ripe fruit (ripe apple), honey and something balsamic, with epigrammatic nuances. Elegant, lively and with good structure. The tastes of long aging predominate, but the good presence of the lively bubbles in the mouth and the mild acidity make it fresh and alive. 

Food Pairings : Tuna tataki, Spanish ham, Baked fish and seafood, rice, pasta, meat and cured cheese, chocolate.
 
Serve @ 4-6 degrees C