Aalto

Blanco, Fuente de las Hontanillas, 2022

Name: Blanco, Fuente de las Hontanillas
Brand: Aalto
Price: 48.66 GBP

93/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The first vintage of the Blanco was 2019. Since then it has gradually improved to include small proportions of Albillo and Godello, complimenting the lion's share of Verdejo. The addition of Godello rules it out as a DO wine, so it is labelled as a simple Vino de la Terra. To taste it is clearly a lot more impressive than that, as it exhibits freshly cut white fruits, citrus, smoke and lime oils and the structure and background notes of top quality barrels. A sophisticated, energetic white produced with immense attention to detail.

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The white 2022 Blanco de Parcela Fuente de las Hontanillas is pale, subtle, elegant and insinuating and a little shy and closed at first. It has a sensational palate that is fresh and balanced, chalky and tasty with minerality. It has a little higher alcohol this ripe and dry year, but still 13%, with a very low pH (3.04) and very high acidity (6.92 grams) that give it a sharp personality. It's a blend of Verdejo and Albillo that matured in barrel for 11 months, but the oak is unnoticeable. 7,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023.

drinking window 2024 - 2030

date of review 06/2024

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.