Ossian Vinas Viejas Verdejo 2020
Ossian Vinas Viejas Verdejo 2020
92 Points - Wine Enthusiast. Ossian is one of Spain’s greatest white wines. Remarkably, it is made from pre-phylloxera vines that are between 100 and 200 years old, and its levels of concentration and complexity have made many a wine lover and critic revise their opinions of Spanish white wines. Having been hand-picked, the tiny, organically farmed grapes are transported to the state-of-the-art winery for fermentation. The wine is then matured in oak vats in the coolness of the old Monastery of El Parral, during which time it gains yet more complexity and a creamy, nutty tone that is the perfect foil to Verdejo’s natural freshness. While it drinks brilliantly when young, it has the unique distinction of being a Spanish Verdejo that can age magnificently.
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Vivino Rating: 4.3 (Sept 2024)
Wine Press Ratings
92 Points - Wine Enthusiast
"This light-yellow-colored wine offers a nose of citrus peel and Meyer lemon. It fills the mouth with flavors of yuzu, gooseberry, fennel pollen and sage leaf set into a vein of bracing acidity that washes over the palate."
Taste
Mellow gold in colour, the Ossian 2020 offers a bright, fresh bouquet that combines lemons, grapefruit, and green pears with cut grass, white blossoms, and hazelnut paste. In the mouth it's well-balanced, with lovely freshness balanced by vanilla oak spice and touches of tropical fruit. The finish is firm, mineral-laden, and brings notes of peach stones and lemons. For best results decant it or let it breathe for a couple of hours.
About the Producer
Founded in 2005, Ossian Vides y Vinos owns 40 hectares of exceptional vineyards in Nieva, the highest point in the Rueda appellation at altitudes between 840 and 930 metres of above sea level. Its most prized asset is its vines which are not only incredibly ancient being between 100 and 200 years old, but a are pre-phylloxera and planted on their own rootstocks. The phylloxera louse devasted most of Europe’s vines in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but thanks to having soils comprised largely of sand, Ossian’s survived. Organically farmed, the tiny amount of fruit these vines produce is phenomenally concentrated and makes Ossian what it is, one of Spain’s greatest white wines.
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