Description

Cullerot ( « têtard » en valencien ) est le vin blanc de Celler del Roure, un petit vin blanc qui voulait grandir et se développer sur une terre de vins rouges. Sa vinification doit beaucoup à la récupération de jarres ancienne en argile, qui ont montré de grandes qualités de pureté et de fraîcheur pour l'élevage du vin. Cullerot est issu de vignes exploitées par des viticulteurs locaux, propriétaires de vieux vignobles qui ont résisté aux campagnes d'arrachage de cépages autochtones comme le Verdil, la Tortosina et la Merseguera. 

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Type de vin
Blanc
Millésime
2018
Alcool
12.5% vol.
Cépage
25% Pedro Ximenez, 25% Macabeo, 10% Verdil, 10% Malvasía, 10% Tortosina, 10% Chardonnay, 10% otras
Origine
Valencia

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

The white 2018 Cullerot had just been bottled when I tasted it. It's a wine that was born as an accident and has changed a lot, and it's now produced with a blend of (mostly) local varieties sourced from different growers—approximately 25% Macabeo and 25% Pedro Ximenez and 10% each Malvasía, Tortosina, Verdil, Chardonnay and other whites. It matured in buried 2,600-liter tinaja for six months. The summer was wet and cool, which benefited whites (it was a more challenging year for reds), and they got a good crop and could sort and select the best grapes. The wine is fine and elegant, Mediterranean and spicy, with notes of fennel and aniseed. It also has a balsamic, bay leaf-like note. It's long and narrow, with good freshness and acidity, in line with the 2016. Very tasty and a bargain for the price. They now produce 45,000 bottles of this and control about 15 hectares of white grape varieties. - Luis Gutiérrez.