Five Verdejos with 90 or more points that are revolutionizing the DO Rueda

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Updated Thursday, February 16, 2023-11:42

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Talking about wine is talking about tradition, roots to the land and valuing the passage of time;

but the wine sector also knows a lot about innovation, trends and constant evolution to adapt to the tastes of new consumers.

That is why it is exciting when a winery dares to

from past generations and proposing to wine lovers new ways of making and tasting that, despite their novelty, keep the wine alive. essence that identifies them.

This is the case of

-a leading cooperative in the production of wines under the Rueda designation of origin-, which in recent years has been able to demonstrate its mastery in the alchemical combination of the legacy of its nearly nine decades of history with innovative proposals, giving rise, as a result,

.

From the recovery of the traditional style of its territory with the elaboration of a fortified wine of limited production, to the last twist -producing Verdejo from old vineyards in less common materials, such as concrete-, this cooperative that brings together daily work

from 30 towns in Valladolid and Segovia confirms its manufacturing excellence every day, not only conquering the palates of the most demanding professional tasters from around the world, but also becoming the leading

.

If we consider what the magic formula that guarantees the success of this winery's proposals consists of, we will very easily find the ingredient that is the key to its success;

and it is that -beyond the dedication and constant work to achieve excellence- the

, a native variety of the DO Rueda, and which shows its impressive versatility in elaborations characterized by extolling the nuances of this variety while experimenting with other factors, such as its ability to age in the bottle, showing that for this type of grape there is life

, which have enjoyed enormous popularity for decades.

A sample of how exceptional these wines from the Valladolid cooperative are, are the excellent scores recently awarded by the American publication

-headline promoted by the renowned specialist Robert Parker- to five wines from Bodega Cuatro Rayas.

If you want to witness the revolution that these wines with their inimitable personality are leading in the DO Rueda, take good note of the characteristics that make them unique

:

'61' DORADO EN RAMA

, 92 PARKER POINTS FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF PALOMINO IN DO RUEDA

The Palomino Fino variety is on the verge of extinction in the DO Rueda, since its planting is banned and there are few vines that are preserved due to the current trend for decades to change the cultivation of this grape to that of the Verdejo, very popular in this territory.

Bodega Cuatro Rayas pampers centuries-old Palomino vines inherited by its cooperative members

from their elders and with it keeps alive the production of golden, generous wines that are, in fact, original elaborations of the area.

'61' Dorado en Rama

is, thus, a

, of the wine of the Court in the time of the Catholic Monarchs, and it is made in a very limited way through small punctual sacks that They are bottled without clarifying or filtering, going directly from the barrel in which they are aged to the bottle.

This wine with a unique personality has been the best valued of the five Cuatro Rayas rated by

team : 92 points in recognition of the expressiveness of its notes on the nose -among which the dried fruits stand out- as well as the strength, character and persistence in the mouth of this gold from Rueda that

.

AMADOR DIEZ VERDEJO CUVÉE 2018

, A WINE WITH ITS OWN NAME - 90 PARKER POINTS

The most careful and artisan production of Bodega Cuatro Rayas takes its name from the person who was president of the cooperative for 21 years.

Under his figure, this wine pays tribute to the 300 viticulturists of the cooperative and to his legacy, by using a

.

Amador Diez Verdejo Cuvée

- of which three vintages coexist on the market: 2015, 2017 and 2018 - represents the return to the origins of Rueda, a product in constant respect for tradition and the natural environment of the oldest vineyards of the Denomination of Origin.

The Parker tasting team highlights the

of the 2018 vintage , as well as the notes of sweet spices and white flowers.

FORTY VINDIMAS CUVÉE 2021

, A GREAT RUEDA WINE THAT ENHANCES THE WINE-PRODUCING HERITAGE OF ITS TERRITORY - 90 PARKER POINTS

Since the 2010 vintage, the Bodega Cuatro Rayas team has worked intensively on the classification and characterization of the cooperative's oldest vineyards, a task that received new impetus with the birth of the Gran Vino de Rueda category in 2020 -the reserved strip for limited production wines, grapes and selected vinification and orientation to haute cuisine-.

For the elaboration of this intense and expressive wine, which

, special attention has been paid to the older vineyards in order to elaborate specific vinifications that later They are unified in a single

of around 9,900 bottles.

FOUR STRIPES LONGVERDEJO 2021

, 91 PARKER POINTS FOR THE RESEARCH STUDY THAT 'RESURCITATES' CENTENARY YEASTS

The character of this Verdejo with the Gran Vino de Rueda category is undeniable: it takes its name from a

to optimize the potential of aging of the Verdejo variety.

For its preparation, grapes harvested and selected by hand are combined both in the field and later in the winery that comes from payments with different types of soil: in the coupage

gives rise to this exclusive and gastronomic-style wine, they masterfully combine acidity and the nerve on the palate, the fresh fruit and the minerality on the nose provided by the vineyards of Aldeanueva del Codonal, of more sandy pine forest land, together with the sweetest fruit and fennel from the vineyards of La Seca and Serrada (Valladolid ), with rounded edges, which provide volume and density in the mouth.

PISUERGA VERDEJO 2020

, THE VERDEJO AGAINST THE TWENT THAT IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 91 PARKER POINTS

Aged on lees for 18 months in concrete eggs.

Verdejo from lands with different types of soils located in the province of Valladolid - in La Seca with pebble soils and in Villanueva de Duero, with poor soil of pine forest sand-.

Limited and numbered production of just 2,600 bottles.

These are the characteristics that define a Verdejo that does not have a DO Rueda label, but rather a wine from the Land of Castilla y León.

Conceived as a tribute to the Pisuerga river (taking advantage of the fact that it passes through Valladolid, which has a beach and in its waters in 1602 the first diving suit in history was released), this Verdejo was born against the current to highlight the fact that the Pisuerga river bears the water, although the Duero takes fame..

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