Muti 2014

"The 2014 Muti is pure Albariño sold exclusively in the US from 40-year-old vines on sandy granitic soils, with 50% of the volume fermented in stainless steel and the other half in foudre without malolactic. The volume in foudre matured in those 2,000-liter oak containers for one year before being blended with the rest and bottled. It's sharp, austere and mineral, a serious Albariño, flinty, mineral. It takes time to show some white flowers and something that made me think of wet stones. As is always the case with this bottling, there is a minerality here, the austerity and salinity of granite. I really like this. 2,500 bottles produced."