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El Escocés Volante Manda Huevos Blanco 2020

El Escocés Volante Manda Huevos Blanco

2020
93
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Wines without GI (Spain)

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Spec sheet

TypeWhite wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti13.0%

What does this wine taste like?

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Straw yellow / Clean / Bright
Bouquet
Fruit aromas / Crystallised fruit / Balsamic notes / Herbaceous notes / Dry grass
Mouth
Pleasant / Flavoursome / Fruit-forward

Ratings and awards

202193+ PK
202093 PK
201993 PK
201893+ PK17 JR
201493 PK16.5 JR
PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinson

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker and Jancis Robinson

The 2014 Manda Huevos Blanco Carramainas is a single-plot white produced with Macabeo and some 8% Garnacha Blanca grapes from a vineyard at 800 meters altitude on sandy soils in the village of Villarroya de la Sierra. It was whole-bunch pressed to achieve purity and freshness. Fermentation then takes place in open barrels and stainless-steel tanks and ages in 900-liter egg-shaped containers with lees for some 11 months with bâttonage before bottling with minimal filtration. Even if the vines are within the limits of Calatayud the wine is sold without appellation of origin because the wine was fermented and aged in a cellar in the village of Ainzón, which is outside the appellation. It's inspired by a Chablis, giving a different twist to this old Macabeo which yields small grapes in loose bunches. It is linear with high acidity and austere, looking for a wine that can age without being aged in oak. It has a complex nose with notes of white pepper and bay leaf, and something yeasty. The palate is very austere, with marked minerality, very tasty. 3,300 bottles were filled in October 2015. This is the first vintage for this wine, which doe not carry the vintage, but the back label says 1a Edición Carramainas. Future vintages should get external certification and carry the vintage clearly on the labels. This should age nicely in bottle.

— Luis Gutiérrez (30/06/2017)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2014 - 93 PARKER

Woody, cedary freshness. Taut, tight and long, with a limey herbal purity and drive. Fabulous freshness and length.

— Julia Harding (15/05/2017)JancisRobinson.com Vintage 2014 - 16.5 JANCIS ROBINSON

Customer reviews

3.3/5
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The winery

El Escocés Volante

El Escocés Volante is the personal project of the Scottish oenologist and Master of Wine, Norrel Robertson. Norrel and his family came to Spain in 2003 and by 2004 he was already producing his first wine in the DO Calatayud appellation. Over 25 years of experience in the winemaking business were reflected in his very first bottle and ever since then the popularity of his wines has risen even further. It was back in 1990 when Norrel, with his passion for wine, started to work...

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