Alegre y Valgañón ‘Bahierra’ Single Vineyard field blend 2020 valdepenas White Hutt

White Hutt

It was aged entirely in 228-litre barrels (up to five years old)

Clean and fresh with vibrant citrus aromas with creamy undertones

Very fine indeed on the nose

A quarter of the juice was aged in new oak

Alegre y Valgañón ‘Bahierra’ Single Vineyard field blend 2020 valdepenas White HuttLocated in the tiny pueblo of Villaseca, on the municipal footprint of Fonzaleche, Baherra is just north of Sajazarra, and features cold stony limey soil. It's a tiny 0. 45 hectare field blend vineyard, planted 100 years ago to roughly 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Viura and other unknown cultivars. Total yield is 1 1. 5 tonnes (harvested in October). Mostly hand de stemmed, about 15% of whole bunches are retained, then fermented by native