Cullerot Blanco

Spain
Valencia
2021

Cullerot, which means tadpole, is the white that Pablo makes in the old cellar utilizing heirloom and indigenous varieties including Macabeo (30%), Pedro Ximénez (30%), Malvasía (10%), Verdil (10%), and others. Vines were planted in clay loam, and sandy loam at about 600m elevation and range from 30-70 years. Grapes are left whole cluster and pressed. Natural yeast fermentation begins in tank and later juice is transferred to amphora to finish fermentation. Aged six months in amphora.

92 points
"They added two new (rented) plots to the white blend 2021 Cullerot from 40+-year-old vineyards of Macabeo and Malvasía (nonaromatic) on very white soils at 600+ meters in altitude. 2021 saw a later harvest than 2020, and it was a year with a rainy spring and a mild summer. The wines have less muscle and are more immediate and fluid, with lower alcohol and a slightly higher pH. This blend of 30% Pedro Ximenez, 30% Macabeo, 10% Malvasía, 10% Tortosina, 10% Verdil, 5% Merseguera and 5% Chardonnay fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in 2,600-liter clay tinaja for six months. It has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.13 and 6.8 grams of acidity, good ripeness, freshness and balance. The wine is still very young and a little reductive from the recent bottling. It is very fresh and precise, with notes of fennel and herbs and a faint bitter twist, with good length and quite sharp. This year, it has more Macabeo than ever. Give it a few more months in bottle. 55,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
Apr 29, 2022

SKU/Code: 
DB3388-21
Product Line: 
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Pedro Ximenez
Farming Type: 
Organic