Description

Le Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023 est un vin de pâturage provenant du célèbre vignoble Macharnudo de Jerez. Il s'agit d'un millésime intense qui présente beaucoup de finesse, de concentration et de fraîcheur, et qui suscite l'intérêt dès le premier verre. Il est recommandé de le laisser vieillir quelques années en bouteille.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
De la Riva
Type de vin
Blanc
Millésime
2023
Alcool
13.5% vol.
Production
6.000 bouteilles
Cépage
100% Palomino fino
Origine
Vino de España

Dégustation

Température de service
Entre 8 et 12 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Année de plantation
Vignobles plantés en 1988.
Vinification
La fermentation a été effectuée dans des cuves de 615 litres avec des levures indigènes, sans contrôle de la température.
Elevage
Rouge crianza sous voile de levures florales.
Embouteillage
Juillet 2024.

L'avis des experts

Tim Atkin:

Intense lime fruit and lemon pith here, with a leesy chalk character that Willy Pérez describes as 'zumo calcario'. Succulent in texture but still fine and driven, with a dash of white pepper and almost crunchy salinity on the finish. Long and invigorating, this is another stand-out vino de pasto from De La Riva. Not to be missed. 2025-2029. (Matthew Forster MW) 

James Suckling:

The aromas of sliced apples, blossom honey, lilacs and salt follow through to a medium body with energy and focus. Notes of flint. So lively and vivid, with a classic nature and a compressed palate. It’s refined, compact and totally integrated. More refined than the 2022. Pure palomino. From a single parcel in one of the best vineyards of Jerez. Fermented in Sherry casks and then aged with 15% flor. Drinkable now, but even better from 2025.

The Wine Advocate:

The unfortified white 2023 Macharnudo San Cayetano comes from a very old plot of Palomino in Pago Macharnudo, San Cayetano, where the natural concentration is even higher. San Cayetano has different exposures, and this is selected from the north-facing side, which gives more freshness and elegance to the wines. It's intense, powerful and elegant, still very young but with a lot of nuances, with more character and without the baby fat. This is a wine they sell through La Place de Bordeaux. This has only around 15% of wine with flor; with time it develops notes of licorice and spices, even hints of esparto grass. Tasty and fresh. There's a lot of finesse here; it's different from the 2022 but at the same quality level (or higher!). It has only 13.5% alcohol. 6,000 bottles produced.