Edetària Selecció Blanco 2023
HK$ 342.31
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Selecció Blanc is expressive and nuanced and shows a strong personality. It was produced with Garnacha Blanca from old vines on limestone 'panal' soils. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in 500-liter barrels, 600-liter foudres and amphorae. It's ripe and comes in at 14.5% alcohol, but it doesn't show over-ripeness or excess. It's round and lush, with very good freshness and acidity.
Features
Type of wine
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Appellation
Alcohol
14.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Fermented and aged in 300 and 500 litre French oak barrels.
Description
Edetària Selecció Blanco stems from a very clear vision: to bring the Garnacha Blanca of Terra Alta to its most serious, unadorned and profound expression. At Edetària, they do not seek an easy-drinking white or strident fruitiness, but rather the voice of the landscape. That is why this wine comes from old vines over 60 years old, organically grown, planted on honeycomb soil—a fossilised dune of sandy composition that leaves a very distinctive mark: tension, salinity and a dry, almost dusty minerality. The winery’s approach here is bold, because working with low yields and a single variety— 100% Garnacha Blanca—means eschewing artificial enhancements and placing complete trust in the land and the vineyard. Within the Terra Alta D.O., an area historically linked to this variety and characterised by a Mediterranean climate with continental influences, the result is a white wine with backbone, structure and a strong identity.
Production
The hand-harvest, in 15-kilo boxes, already sets the tone of precision with which Edetària Selecció Blanco is conceived. After harvesting, the grapes spend 48 hours in cold storage to lower their temperature to 3–5 °C. This is followed by natural settling by gravity for a further 48 hours, to ensure clarity and definition before fermentation. Fermentation takes place at 18 °C for around 20–25 days. The ageing process decisively shapes the style: 90% of the wine spends 8 months in 350- and 500-litre French oak barrels, with toasting levels tailored to Garnacha Blanca, whilst the remaining 10% is kept in stainless steel to preserve tension and freshness. The result is a wine with ageing potential, offering a balance between body, energy and precision.
Flavour
Edetària Selecció Blanco opens on the nose with a complex, stony and deep profile, with that hint of fine hydrocarbon that already hints that there is more rock than fruit here. Then come ripe citrus fruits, pear skin, a hint of fennel, well-integrated oak and an earthy, dry, almost salty sensation. It enters the palate full-bodied, but the acidity immediately sharpens it and sets it in motion: it is powerful, silky, structured and very long. The fruit remains restrained, always taking a back seat to the minerality, and the finish leaves a lingering, elegant and slightly smoky impression. It is a serious, distinguished white wine for the table, one of those that combine depth, freshness and Mediterranean character without losing its edge or structure.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 137.58 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 137.58 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
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| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 137.58 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
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