2024 Quinta Apolonia Belondrade

From the same maker as the famous Belondrade y Lurton. The Apolonia is assembled using 30% of the big brother Beldondrade and 70% non-wood aged Verdejo. This makes this beautiful Verdejo slightly less woody and buttery and therefore also fresher. This is a wonderful wine as an aperitif or with fish and shellfish. It has a straw yellow color, floral aroma with fresh fruit and light notes of wood. The character is exotic fresh as you would expect from a Verdejo with, very nicely, a soft wood tone that gives the wine power. With this wine, just like with the Ossian Quintaluna, they have chosen to let the wine mature longer on its lees (sur lie) and the remaining part longer on the wood in order to give (even) more complexity and finesse to the wine. Due to this upbringing, it can certainly 'cellar' for a number of years and we recommend an ideal drinking window of 2025-2028

Did you know: Clarisa and Apolonia are the names of Didier Belondrade's daughters. In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount. You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.ijn.

In the Rueda region, white wines have been produced for centuries. The grandeur of the buildings, churches, monasteries and estates of Nava del Rey and Rueda bear witness to the enormous wealth of the past. Due to the division of the domains, winemaking became so unprofitable 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 once made here. Within the walls of this old town, Belondrade and Lurton have opted for modern winemaking.