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2005 Bodegas Veracruz Ermita Veracruz Verdejo
Country: Spain Rating: steve tanzer - 87
Wine Type: White Rating: -
SKU: SKU16264
Weight: 3.50 lbs Available: 12
Your Price: $21.95 Quantity:

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Producer:
Bodegas Veracruz 		Winemaker:
Alvaro & Juan de Benito Orzores - Bros.
Importer:
Bon Vivant Imports 		Production:
54,000 Bottles
Grape Varietals:
Name Annunciation Percentage Description
Description:
The Bodega takes its name from "La Ermita de la Veracruz" - a literal translation being "The Hermitage of the True Cross" - in the village of Nava del Rey. The Bodega that was built beneath this chapel has belonged to the "de Benito" family since the mid-1980's. In the bell-tower of the chapel lives a pair of storks who nest there every year and they are the inspiration for the Veracruz label. The de Benito family was the first family to follow the French Chateau pattern and put the bodega alongside the vineyards. The Ermita Veracruz is one of the top Ruede wines. This 100% Verdejo wine comes from a 35-year-old vineyard and really shows the complexities of the Verdejo variety.
Winery:
A pioneer among the wineries of the appellation of Rueda, Bodegas Veracruz sits in the town of Nava del Rey. The original family winery sits deep underneath the town's ancient Catholic church, the Ermita Veracruz. Ermita Veracruz is produced in a modern style from low yielding 25 year old vines, in a delightful combination of old and new. The 2003 vintage was the first Spanish white to wine Gold at the International Wine Challenge
in the last 3 years.
Vinification:
The grapes are put under inert gas shortly after the night time harvest in order to preserve the ultimate freshness of the fruit. The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks and then aged in bottle for a few months prior to release.
Bouquet or Aromas:
Light gold color, the 2005 nose is full of passion fruit, grapefruit and pear, with complex herbal and mineral notes. Hints of honeysuckle, green apple, gooseberry, lemon zest and stones. You will also find well defined notes of grass and herb-accented citrus on the nose ending with hints of petrol and pine. This wine is very complex and worth a try.
Taste:
On the palate, strongly herbal with deep lemon and orchard fruit flavors, soft acidity and a gentle finish. This wine shows a bit more developed vibrant combination of pear and mineral along with the balanced acid showing excellent quality and demonstrating the best of the Verdejo varietal. With notes of spice, guava, mango and lychee fruit. Sweet up front, yet dry with racy acidity.
Pairings:
Great as an aperitif wine, works with pasta dishes, fresh prepareed fish dishes and all kinds of chicken dishes. Pasta dishes with shrimp, scallops, mussels in a steamed cream sauce and poached fish. Chicken dishes with cream sauces and rich broth with summer vegetables.
Cheese Pairing:
Taleggio
 
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