Region: Tierra de Castilla y Léon, Spain

Vintage: 2017

Composition: 100% Albillo

History: Dominio del Águila is a family winery with organic certification in La Aguilera, a small town in Ribera del Duero, run by the couple Jorge Monzón and Isabel Rodero, vigneron and architect respectively since 2010. The domain has 30 hectares of very old, plus an additional 5 relatively young hectares (less than 50 years old). They have also supplied grapes to some of the region’s top wineries for over 10 vintages. Jorge comes from a family of many generations of vignerones. He studied ‘Soil, viticulture and oenology’ at the Universities of Bordeaux and Burgundy. He has worked with prestigious wineries such as Domaine De La Romanée-Conti, in Spain with Grupo Vega Sicilia and as technical director of Bodegas Arzuaga-Navarro. Since 2013 he has been working full time at Dominio del Águila. In Ribera del Duero, where white wines are not recognized under the D.O. rules, there are several old varieties that are called Albillo. Jorge only selects Albillo with small clusters and a deep golden color when ripe to make his Blanco. Made with Albillo from a hundred-year-old vineyard that has some pre-phylloxera vines. 

Tasting Notes:

A mature, voluminous and refined white wine. It is seductive on the nose, with aromas of ripe white fruit, yellow plum, with hints of flint and toast. On the palate it is complete, silky, very balanced and with an eternal finish.

Awards: 97 Pts Robert Parker