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a tour of Classic Vineyards in ........ Castilla Y Leon
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Estate name |
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Alvarez Y Diez |
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Castilla Y Leon |
Rueda |
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General Notes |
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Alvarez y Diez remains one of our favourite wineries and few companies have done more to promote the wines of Rueda than this company. Based in the town of Nava del Rey, close to Valladolid. Brother's Alvaro and Juan de Benito inherited the company from their father who in turn had bought the company as a result of purchasing wine from it as xmas gifts for his stockbroking clients. When he took it over it was producing the Rueda wines of old - heavy, oxidised and sherry like - a far cry from the wines of today. |
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Vineyard Notes |
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Under the careful nurturing of Alvaro and Juan, Alvarez y Diez moved its well known Mantel Blanco brand towards the emerging, more modern style of wine and began to see an increasing public interest in the white wines of Spain. Today, Alvarez y Diez are amongst the leading lights of the region, producing textbook examples of modern, crisp, herbaceous verdejo and varietally pure sauvignon blanc as well as superb value viura verdejo blends - Rueda seems to be the only region to coax much flavour out of the aroma-shy viura grape!
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Wine Notes |
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After the huge successes that we have had with the sister producer, Ermita Veracruz, we are delighted to be able to bring them all together under one roof and go out and preach the word about how good Spanish whites can be.... |
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