Alvear 3 Miradas Vino de Pueblo 2020

Description

GRAPE VARIETY
100% Pedro Ximénez

TASTING NOTES
The 3 Miradas Vino de Pueblo is a combination of 100% Pedro Ximénez grapes from plots located in the Riofrío Alto and Cerro Macho in the Sierra de Montilla. The Tres Miradas project is the latest collaboration between Bodegas Alvear & Envinate. It represents a goal of the Alvear family and Envinate to express the terroir that has been historically known as the Sierra de Montilla, with a winemaking approach that focuses more on the vineyard and less on the ageing process in the cellar. The Tres Miradas Vino de Pueblo, classified as a village wine in the Burgundian classification, is a selection of grapes a variety of plots that are directly pressed without maceration and fermented in tinajas, traditional concrete amphora of 4800L. The wine is aged under the “velo de flor” for eight months before bottling.

3 Miradas Vino de Pueblo it’s a dry wine with a compelling sensory arc of muskmelon, preserved lemons, walnut skin, ginger, and dusky earth. Medium-bodied, the texture is very much what one might expect from concrete-ageing, a tensile spine of arching acidity wends its way to a close of apricot kernel and fleur de sel.

Intended to reflect the region’s “grand cru parcels”, it’s a modern style inspired by Niepoort’s unfortified wines, and sourced from three different parcels in La Viña de Antoñín, El Garrotal, and Cerro Macho.

FOOD PAIRING
Excellent aperitif and as an accompaniment to salads, sushi, Asian dishes, grilled fish, seafood and rice dishes.

13% ABV / 750ml / Contains Sulphites