Description
100% Verdejo from 135+ year old, pre-phylloxera vines in 2 locations within Segovia. One vineyard is grown over sand, the other is grown over sandy gravel, both sites with very low yields. All grapes are hand harvested, with gentle pressing and spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts. The wine continues to age for 5.5 months on the lees in stainless before being bottled unfined, unfiltered, with a tiny amount of SO2. This is the youngest wine from Ismael's line, and the name is a nod to bands argillite within the soils, where the roots sink to capture the minerality and exchange nutrients. This one is silky and medium-bodied, with Verdejo's blazing natural acidity, phenolic intensity, and mineral complexity. Pillowy citrus and citrus oils, grapefruit pith, lemon balm, and kaffir lime matched by rugged, earthy
