What to know before buying Rueda Wine

 

History of Rueda and Verdejo wine

Rueda wine has its own denomination of origin since 1980, being thus the oldest of Castile and Leon, but its history comes from many centuries ago. In the 11th century, under the reign of Alfonso VI, the Duero basin was repopulated with Cantabrian, Basque and Mozarabic, the latter being most likely to bring the native grape par excellence, the Verdejo grape. Wheel means “Verdejo” wine.

Already in the Golden Age it was a wine of prestige and became the “official” wine of the Court, and in the eighteenth century, from the port of Jerez, boats loaded with Rueda wine to England.

The area covered by the Rueda Wines is made up of 74 municipalities spread between the provinces of Valladolid, Segovia and Avila, with the municipalities of La Seca and Serrada being the largest vineyards. In total, the cultivated area exceeds 12,000 hectares.

 

Characteristics of Rueda and Verdejo wine

The Rueda wines are mainly made with Verdejo grape, although the Sauvignon Blanc, Viura and Palomino Fino plantations are also authorized.

The vineyards are located on an altiplano about 700-800 meters above sea level, supporting extreme temperatures with cold and long winters and temperatures with great oscillation between day and night, which favors a great balance between the sugar that wins With the sun and the acidity that does not lose during the cool nights.

Rains are scarce, between 300 and 500 liters per year, which forces strains to seek their water resources deep underground.

Much has changed the wines of Rueda today. The origin of the grape and its quality prevail over the graduation and the aging. The harvesting is always performed at the optimum time of maturation, and the mechanization of the same avoids the oxidation of the grape. At three months the wine acquires a yellow tint with greenish tints, along with fruity aromas and taste and fresh, unprecedented vintage wines where the Rueda Verdejo wine is able to show its best primary aromas.

The Denomination of Origin Rueda is one of the few in the world specialized in the elaboration of white wine, a wine in which the Verdejo grape brings aromas and flavors to herbs of low mountain, with fruity touches and an excellent acidity.

It is also made aging wines with a high quality aging, where the touches of vanilla and roasted of the wood are fused with all the fruit load of the grape Verdejo.

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