Country
Spain
Region
Castilla y León
Vintage
2017
Score
90
Peach pit, dried papaya, mangoes and persimmon. Full-bodied and quite waxy, but with some good acidity to carry the rich stone and tropical fruit.
2022 Belondrade Y Lurton Methusalem (6 liter)
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| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Appellation | Rueda |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 6 ltr (13.5%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2032 |
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Belondrade and Ossian are considered the best white (Verdejo) wines of Spain. Both are made from very old Verdejo vineyards (with Ossian's being extremely old).
Made with 100% Verdejo yeast, their wine is aged in oak barrels. Before bottling, the wine from the various barrels is blended in stainless steel cuvées. The wine is only lightly filtered. The nose reveals white fruit and lightly toasted aromas from the partially new oak barrels, while the palate reveals ripeness and richness, yet still sufficiently fresh thanks to the perfect balance of acidity. A truly magnificent and special wine. A total of tens of thousands of bottles are produced, with very limited shipments to the Netherlands. Incidentally, 2,500 bottles from the previous harvest went to El Bulli restaurant (connoisseurs consider it one of the best restaurants in the world, located near Barcelona), and it was Johan Cruyff's favorite wine.
This is a scarce 6 litre Methusalem (FYI: Belondrade always releases its Magnums a year later to allow for additional bottle maturation, and with the 3 litre and 6 litre versions even 2 years later).
| Packing information | Case |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Rueda |
| Winery | Belondrade |
| Grape | Verdejo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2032 |
| Alcohol % | 13.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 6 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 94 |
| James Suckling rating | 90 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aards, Aromatisch, Bloemig, Complex, Droog, Fris, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rijk, Rond, Steenfruit, Strak, Tropisch fruit, Vol, Wit fruit |
| Drink moments | Barbecue, Borrelen, Cadeau!, Iets te vieren, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Terras, Voor alledag |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | De 2022 Belondrade Y Lurton Methusalem (6 liter) biedt ingetogen wit fruit, freshe citrus en lichte geroosterde hints van gedeeltelijk nieuw eikenhout, met een romige body en een knappe zuurgraad die het geheel elegant in balans houdt. Deze wijn past perfect bij feestelijke momenten en buiten dineren op het terras, omdat zijn rijke textuur en verfijnde vinositeit mooi aansluiten bij gegrilde, smoky smaken en borrelhapjes met beetje pit. Probeer bijvoorbeeld gegrilde kip of vis met een citroen-kruidenmarinade en een vleugje gerookte paprika, en serveer licht gekoeld zodat de frisheid en de fijne eikenrijping maximaal tot hun recht komen. |
Parker
94
Rating
94
Release Price
$47
Drink Date
2020 - 2027
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
30th Dec 2019
Source
Issue 246 End of December 2019, The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Belondrade y Lurton continues the move started years ago toward more elegance and freshness and especially wood that is much better integrated and less invasive of the varietal aromas of the delicate Verdejo grape. Despite the warm, dry and challenging style of the year,the wine is elegant and perfumed, fresh and varietal, complex, subtle, clean and precise. This is as good as it gets. Bravo! 2017 was a low-yielding vintage that delivered 95,136 bottles, 1,904 magnums, 200 Jeroboams and 60 Imperials. It was bottled in July 2018.
It's incredible to see Belondrade celebrating its 25th anniversary, as I remember the release of their 1994 Belondrade and Lurton like it was yesterday. It was a wine that changed the appreciation of Rueda, Verdejo and whites from Spain in general. Today, the wines are still the most elegant produced in Rueda, something you see so clear when tasting their wines next to others from the region.
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White wines have been made in the Rueda region for centuries. The grandeur of the buildings, churches, monasteries and estates of Nava del Rey and Rueda testify to the enormous wealth in the past. The division of the domains made winemaking so loss-making that many vineyards disappeared. Today the area is very much on the rise again. Didier Belondrade and Brigitte Lurton started making wine in 1994 in Nava del Rey, in the heart of the Denominación. In this old town there is a labyrinth of abandoned cellars. The size of these cellars suggests how much wine was made here in the past. Within the walls of this old town, Belondrade and Lurton have chosen modern winemaking. The Belondrade is considered by many to be the best white wine in Spain, but the Belondrade Apolonio and the great Quinta Clarisa are also there. Very nice.
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De 2022 Belondrade Y Lurton Methusalem (6 liter) biedt ingetogen wit fruit, freshe citrus en lichte geroosterde hints van gedeeltelijk nieuw eikenhout, met een romige body en een knappe zuurgraad die het geheel elegant in balans houdt. Deze wijn past perfect bij feestelijke momenten en buiten dineren op het terras, omdat zijn rijke textuur en verfijnde vinositeit mooi aansluiten bij gegrilde, smoky smaken en borrelhapjes met beetje pit. Probeer bijvoorbeeld gegrilde kip of vis met een citroen-kruidenmarinade en een vleugje gerookte paprika, en serveer licht gekoeld zodat de frisheid en de fijne eikenrijping maximaal tot hun recht komen.
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