Shaya, Verdejo 2016, Rueda, Spain

Tasting Note: A verdejo that pairs bright fruit and some creaminess of texture to create a wine that plays across your entire palate.

Pale-intensity lemon in color, this wine has an aromatic, medium-plus-intensity nose of quince, green-apple blossom, pear and starfruit with hints of lemon zest.

On the palate the dry, medium-plus-bodied verdejo has medium-plus-intensity flavors suggested on the nose along with some chalk and white nectarine on the midpalate.

The wine is bright with medium-plus-acidity and a partially-creamy texture that ultimately completes with a medium-plus finish.

Bottle Note: As the morning mist disperses across the undulating countryside the Shaya deer emerge from the surrounding pine forest to forage. The gnarled vineyards planted a very long time ago in the sandy riverstone soil produce the finest verdejo in Rueda. There is a distinct minerality in these wines which compliment the abundance of fruit flavors.

This wine was submitted for review.