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Náiades 2022
Náiades 2022
€25.95
100+ year-old Verdejo, hand-harvested, barrel-fermented and aged 9 months on its lees.
Appearance
Yellow colour with greenish reflections.
Aroma
Elegant and subtle, with stone fruit, herbaceous notes and balsamic reminiscence.
Taste · Primary
Stone fruit
Taste · Secondary
Herbaceous and balsamic notes.
Texture
Fresh, dense and mineral.
Finish
Long, structured and persistent.
Náiades is a Verdejo from old vines in Rueda, combining freshness, minerality and structure. Barrel fermentation and nine months of ageing on its lees give the wine depth while preserving its varietal character.
All packaging materials recyclable in standard household streams.
VINEYARD
Old Verdejo vineyards planted between 750 and 870 metres above sea level.
VINE AGE
More than 100-year-old vines.
SOIL
Mix of sandy-clay soils with pebbles, sandy soils with granitic outcrops and sandy soils with shale outcrops.
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The Process
Hand-harvested. Barrel-fermented. Aged 9 months on its lees.
Náiades is produced from more than 100-year-old Verdejo vines in Rueda. The grapes are harvested manually in 15 kg boxes, undergo full-grape maceration in a cooling chamber and careful stem selection, before pressing and fermentation in French oak barrels. The wine then ages for nine months in barrel in contact with its lees.
Harvest
Hand-harvested in 15 kg boxes.
Fermentation
Fermented in French oak barrels.
Variety
100% Verdejo
Character
Fresh, dense, mineral and structured.
“Verdejo at its maximum expression.”
