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2019 Verum Las Tinadas Airén de Pie Franco, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla

( £25, 12%, The Great Wine Co )

Grown on its own roots, organically farmed and fermented and aged in traditional clay pots, or tinadas, this is an old-vine wine that could almost give the normally bland, good-for-distillation-but-not-a-lot-else Airén a good name. It’s a brilliant white from Elías López Montero, the subject of one my recent #corktalk podcasts incidentally,  showing notes of pear, orange zest and citrus, with creamy lees, wonderful texture and a taut, refreshing finish.

BuyDrinking window: 2021-26Similar Wines: £25-30, 90-94, Spain, White, Airén
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