Produced from Muscat de Grano Menudo from vineyards planted on brown limestone at 500-550 meters above sea level. Grapes were macerated with skins for 8 hours prior to pressing for additional aromatic intensity. Post fermentation, the wine was aged with lees for 3 months to increase the textural mouth-feel of the wine.
89pts International Wine Review– 2017 vintage
Medium yellow straw. Very aromatic with effusive rose petals show on nose. Perfumed floral palate with tropical fruit notes, finishing dry and crisp.
87pts View from the Cellar– 2017 vintage
The 2017 Dry Muscat from Legado del Moncayo is a bit riper than I would have imagined, as it comes in listed at 13.5 percent, but the wine was fermented to full dryness and is still bright and fresh and reminds me quite a bit of a similar bottling from Alsace. The bouquet offers up scents of pear, nectarine, acacia blossoms, chalky soil tones (this is grown on brown limestone) and orange zest in the upper register. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and nicely focused, with a good core, sound acids and a complex, though slightly clipped finish. I have the sense that the backend pinching of the wine is from the closure, rather than the wine, and I would opt for dinking this over the next year. At $14 a bottle in the US, I understand the economics behind the choice of closure, but an agglomerated cork would not cost much more and might allow the wine to age more gracefully. Certainly, this 2017 possessed the constituent components to age several more years under cork! Still, this is quite tasty and just a touch short. 2020-2022+?
87pts Wine Spectator– 2017 vintage
This aromatic, bone-dry white offers orange blossom, lychee and clove flavors, with a core of green peach and lime notes. The texture is round but lively, showing juicy acidity. Drink now. 2,500 cases made, 700 cases imported
