Baynos Blanco 2021

I love the flinty and spicy nose of the white 2021 Baynos Blanco de Viura. It’s faintly reductive and has notes of toasted sesame seeds that give it a somehow Burgundian profile. The palate is super fresh and vibrant with an ethereal lightness, 12.5% alcohol and a pH of three. It fermented in 228-liter French oak barrels, where the wine matured for 20 months. It's an update on the traditional style of whites with a long aging in oak. It should develop brilliantly in bottle. The vines are in the process of obtaining organic certification. 4,106 bottles and 90 magnums were filled in July 2023.

As you'd expect, given the pedigree of the García family of Ribera del Duero fame, this is an impressive first release of old-vine Viura and 10% Malvasía Blanca from 11 parcels. Jasmine and aniseed aromas segue into a palate that has good structure, subtle spices, energetic acidity and layers of citrus, juniper and beeswax. 2024-30