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Verónica Ortega Quite

Name: Verónica Ortega Quite 2022
Brand: Verónica Ortega
SKU: quite22
Price: 14.70 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (10 reviews)

2022

A Bierzo with one eye on the Rhône

ORGANIC

93

PARKER

10 reviews

Verónica Ortega

Bierzo (Spain)

Mencia

Spec sheet

Type	Red wine
Region	Bierzo (Spain)
Grapes	100% Mencia
Producer	Verónica Ortega
Allergens	Contains sulfites
Alcohol contenti	13.5%
Production	18,000 - 20,000 bottles

The wine

Produced using Mencia grapes from vines over 90 years old, Quite is packed with a wonderful typicity and character hard to believe at this very affordable price. A limited production of fewer than 20,000 bottles a year is usually only available on the market for a few months before they have all been snatched up. Anyone who has ever tried a glass of Quite cannot help buying this wine again, seduced by its soothing herbal aromas and sweet spices. As you pour it into the glass, its bright cherry-red colour leaves no doubt that you are about to fall in love with the wine. An almost Atlantic-like freshness becomes even clearer on decanting. All in all, a fresh, floral, personal and velvety wine which may even bring to mind memories of a great Rhône wine.

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What does this wine taste like?

Displaying a dense and dark purple colour, Quite delights us with a smoky nose embellished with aromas of scrubland, ash, blue flowers and deliciously ripe fruits of the forest. It is juicy and fresh in the mouth with a seductive mouthfeel and a degree of acidity which means it flows elegantly on the palate and has a promising future. A splendid blend of minerality and fruitiness, it offers the most pleasant and accessible side of the Mencia variety. Agile, elegant and easy to interpret, it is a wine ready to be admired and enjoyed from the very first moment. Elegant wooden notes from the eight months it spends ageing in wooden vats resonate with every sip alongside an elegantly bitter sensation.

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

View	mulberry red / Deeply-coloured
Bouquet	Smoky notes / Shrubland / Violets / Fruits of the forest / Toasty notes
Mouth	Juicy / Fresh / Seductive / Good acidity / Elegant / Mineral / Pleasant

Drinking and storing

Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC

Food pairing

aves-y-carnes-blancas — Poultry and white meats

Cooked sausages / Grilled meat / Rabbit lamb with fine herbs

Ratings and awards

2022	93 PK
2021	93 PK
2020	93+ PK
2019	92+ PK	92 PN
2018	93 PK
2017	92 PK

PK: ParkerPN: Peñín

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

The red 2021 Quite was produced with fruit from Valtuille de Abajo, from old vines, with the fine-boned, aerial and fresh profile of the 2021s that are more ethereal and vibrant. In 2021, she started to use some stems and some white grapes, which makes the wine even more fluid and vibrant. This is very elegant and fine-boned, quite ethereal within the Mencía on clay profile, with roundness and clout. It has a moderate 12% alcohol. She's looking forward to a longer élevage for this wine, which is now under one year in oak vat because she needs the vat for the following harvest, and she should be able to do that in the new winery. 22,000 bottles produced.

— Luis Gutiérrez (10/08/2023)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2021 - 93 PARKER

Customer reviews

Winemaking

On drinking, it is easy to appreciate that it has not undergone an excessive extraction process (just a week-long maceration). With an experienced background working at several of the great wineries (such as Clos Erasmus, Álvaro Palacios, Romanée-Conti, and Raúl Pérez), Verónica Ortega is a firm believer that subtlety is a key element behind all great wines. With this in mind, her wines are always aged in large pre-used wooden vats or clay jars, as is the case with Quite.

Vinification material	Stainless steel / Amphoras / Wood
Ageing period	8 months
Barrel age	Used
Type of wood	French oak

Vineyards

Vine age	90 years
Soil	Clay sand / Pebbles / Slate
Climate	Atlantic with continental influence

The winery