Region · Castile and León, Spain
Rueda
roo-EH-dah
Verdejo on the plateau
Castile's white-wine engine. Verdejo, sometimes with Sauvignon Blanc, grown high and dry, usually meant for the year.
- grapefruit
- fennel
- hay
- lime
- boxwood
Most Rueda is stainless, aromatic, and cheap in the best sense. Old-vine, barrel-fermented Verdejo is the other cellar: bitter, fennel-scented, and a food white. Sauvignon here is legal and can confuse a blind tasting.
Drink the simple bottles young. The serious ones can go a few years.
Tapas, fried fish, and goat cheese.
At the table
Service
45–48 °F (7–9 °C).
