Laventura Malvasía 2018

The pale and delicate 2018 Laventura Garnacha shows very elegant and clean aromas of flowers and red fruit, with perfectly integrated oak giving it a spicy twist, but there's nothing oaky about it. It comes from two plots in the village of Tudelilla, where Garnacha thrives, and both vineyards are old, dry-farmed and head-pruned. The destemmed grapes fermented in concrete vats with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured in 600-liter oak barrels for 12 months. It combines power and elegance; it's balanced; and it has a soft palate with fine, textured tannins and a long and serious finish. It has the austere profile that to me is the house's signature. 3,000 bottles were filled in August 2019.

Quantities are necessarily small from this 0.1-hectare parcel of Malvasía Blanca in Leza, but
this low alcohol, skin contact white is well worth tracking down. Perfumed and characterful,
it has some struck match reduction, notes of summer blossom and citrus and orange zest
flavours. 2021-24