Blanco Nieva Verdejo 2007 – Spain’s Challenge to Sauvignon Blanc
The Blanco Nieva 2007. Here is another Spanish wine with good manners — a white made from the verdejo
grape in the high plain of Rueda, northwest of Madrid. The summer is long and hot; grapes are harvested at night for freshness. Verdejo has grown into one of Spain’s leading white wine varieties. Blanco Nieva arrives with a rush of botanical flavors — lime, especially, and green apple. This is a rich, forward taste, a little heady and a little tart, enthusiastically young.
Until a few decades ago, verdejo was used to produce inexpensive sherry-like wines — oxidized and a bit grim. These were a hard sell for export. In the 1970’s winemakers in Rueda developed verdejo in a style which was softer, sometimes floral and sometimes citric. Blanco Nieva is a beautiful food wine — fresh, direct, and with a taste strong enough to stand up to saffron, shellfish and chopped garlic.
Blanco Nieva has another advantage. It is inexpensive. Dedalus will let you carry this bottle home for $14.75.
Tuta 5/20/09
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