Casal de Armán Blanco 2023

The Casal de Armán white is a wine able to show all the good that the Ribeiro can offer nowadays. Made solely from native varieties, as is usual at this winery since its beginnings back in 1990, the Casal de Armán Blanco is an elegant and seductive wine which becomes etched in the memory. The vineyards that bring forth its grapes lie on terraces of granite and clay sand at an altitude of around 300 metres, bestowing a special character on the Casal de Armán wines. In the winery, a building alongside the old country house featured on the label, the most modern technology permits the essence to remain intact of grapes meticulously cared for and harvested by hand into small crates. The clusters are pressed without being destalked and the must ferments with a mixture of wild and selected yeasts, and afterwards rests in stainless steel on its lees. The winter cold will stabilise the wine naturally before it is bottled. The result is a wine with a delicate nose that transports us to a meadow of yellow flowers and fennel. Its pleasant acidity brings to mind lemon peel and its complexity comes through gradually, but remains long in the memory. On the palate it exhibits good volume and a convincing depth, boasting balance and a clear-cut definition. Serious, fresh and subtle, it succeeds with every sip to raise the bar for the new wines of the Ribeiro denomination of origin.