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Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín 2020

HK$ 265.43

Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez
León

4 for immediate shipment. More, available on 11/09/2025

Parker Points:  
Peñin Points: 91

HK$ 265.43

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Features

Type of wine

Barrel Aged White

Pairings

White Meat, White Fish

Style

Aromatic and Fragrant

Occasions

Dinner with Friends

Winery

Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez

Size

75 cl.

Country

Spain

Region

Castilla y Leon

Appellation

León

Alcohol

13.5%

Grapes

Albarín

Serving

Between 8ºC and 10ºC

Winemaking

Fermented with indigenous yeasts in 500 litre barrels. Aged under flor for 4 years.

Description

In the heart of Villamañán, south of León, where the winds from the plateau sweep the fields and the old vines resist on clay soils with pebbles, Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín is born, a singular creation of Raúl Pérez, one of the most visionary winemakers in the European wine scene. The wine is part of a series of experimental microvinifications with which Raúl seeks to rediscover the purest expression of autochthonous varieties and forgotten territories. In this case, the protagonist is the Albarín Blanco, a delicate, fresh and tremendously expressive grape, different from the Albariño and deeply marked by the extreme continental climate of the region.

At an altitude of over 800 metres, these ancient vines survive in conditions of great thermal contrast, where short, bright summers give way to harsh, long winters. This Dureza gives the grapes a lively acidity and a restrained perfume, one of those that do not seduce immediately, but remain in the memory for a long time. The name of the wine, Los Arrotos del Pendón, alludes to the violent roar of the wind in the Leonese plain, and also to that sharp and direct sensation that the first sip leaves.

Winemaking

The grapes that give life to Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín are harvested by hand, with exhaustive selection in the vineyard, and gently pressed on arrival at the winery. Spontaneous fermentation is carried out in used 500-litre oak barrels, using exclusively indigenous yeasts. One of the most radical and distinctive decisions is its ageing: the wine remains under a veil of flor for 4 to 5 years, without heading or addition of alcohol, which allows for a slow, complex and absolutely personal oxidative evolution.

Arrotos del Pendón Albarín is neither stabilised nor excessively filtered. Each bottle is a living, raw and direct expression of the land where it was born. It is, without a doubt, one of Raúl Pérez's most extreme and provocative projects.

Taste

On the nose, Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín displays unexpected complexity: baked apple, almond skin, dried camomile, mild curry and a subtle hint of veil. The background is austere, saline, with echoes of soil and wet stone. There are no concessions to primary fruit or ease: this is wine for those who seek layers, textures and silences.

On the palate, Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín is dry, vertical, with penetrating acidity and an oxidative structure reminiscent of a fino or mountain manzanilla. There are notes of grapefruit, raw hazelnut, saline minerality and a final bitter touch that lengthens it in the mouth with personality. The ageing under the veil gives it an unctuous texture but without weight, almost aerial, with saline and herbaceous echoes that persist for a long time.

Los Arrotos del Pendón Albarín is a cult wine, not because of its rarity, but because of its audacity. One of those that divide opinions, one of those that force you to stop and think. A white wine without concessions, to drink without haste and with an open mind.

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