- Basic info: Maldivinas “Combate” Albillo, Spain, 2015
- Type: White
- Price estimate: $25 (Chamber Street Wines)
- Look: Golden in color with long legs
- Smell: honey/honeysuckle, mineral and a little citrus. Bob called oak on the nose.
- Taste: Soft wine, but has a definite sour note. Some apple notes and just a hint of vanilla.
- Conclusions: Bob liked this wine and thought it had a lot of character and was very different from anything we have tasted before. I agreed with the “different” classification, but I wasn’t sure if I liked it or not. I wasn’t tempted to have a second glass, but I also didn’t shy away from having a glass the next night with dinner. Even after drinking it for a few days, I’m not sure if I like it or not.
- Other notes: This was one wine that I was really excited to try for a few reasons. I’ve never had the albillo grape before and wasn’t familiar with it. The bigger reason to be excited is that this was an experimental wine from the vintner and they made only one barrel of it. Yep, one barrel. So whether I liked it or not, I got to taste something that is very unique and I will probably never taste again.
- From the bottle: No notes on the bottle, but from Chamber Street, “… the fruit and floral are less cloying than Viognier’s, with intense earth and mineral expression across terrors.” 13% alcohol by volume.
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