Belondrade Quinta Apolonia

This has a golden color and an open, expressive nose of peach and bay leaf with some rose petals too, a little exotic with notes reminiscent of Moscatel or even Gewurztraminer.

Winery: Belondrade
Appellation: Rueda
Average age of vines: 8-50 years old
Farming Methods: Organic
Maturation: French oak barrels and vats of different characteristics
Soil: Primarily made of a layer of pebbles around 10 to 60 centimeters thick, a layer of clay subsoil and a deep layer of limestone
Varietal: Verdejo
Vineyard Orientation: 750 meters
Vineyard Size: 40 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Belondrade Quinta Apolonia 2022	91 Wine Advocate The 2022 Quinta Apolonia is going to be released already as the market is moving fast, fermentations have been quick and easy and the wine was bottled a couple of weeks before I tasted it. It was a year marked by very warm temperatures in the summer and lack of rain. They started the harvest very early, in late August, and harvested for one month; it was a complex harvest, as some vineyards had to be harvested over up to five different points of time. They had to sort and discard, and yields were low and production lower than other years. The wines are a little riper and more advanced. This has a golden color and an open, expressive nose of peach and bay leaf with some rose petals too, a little exotic with notes reminiscent of Moscatel or even Gewurztraminer. It has a gentle mouthfeel with lower acidity too. There are 77,000 bottles and 2,320 magnums of this wine. It was bottled in November 2022.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet
Belondrade Quinta Apolonia 2023	92 Wine Advocate The young 2023 Quinta Apolonia is varietal and fruit-driven, with aromas of white flowers and pollen, white fruit, elegant and nuanced. It’s clean, transparent and fresh, with moderate ripeness and 13.5% alcohol, with a dry, chalky mouthfeel. It’s their youngest white, a blend of Verdejo from 23 different plots on their estate property.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet