Phinca Hapa Elvillar Blanco 2020

Phinca Hapa comes from a 1967 planting of the same name in Elvillar and is another brilliant white from the dynamic duo of Melanie Hickman and David Sampedro. Marrying Viura with 10% each of Garnacha Blanca and Malvasía, it underwent carbonic maceration in oak vats. Peppery, spicy and intense, with Riesling-like focus and acidity and a rose petal top note. 2024-30

2020 was a challenging year, and the (orange) white 2020 Phinca Hapa Blanco is very ripe, at 14.5% alcohol, and at the same time has a light palate, lighter than the 2019 I tasted next to it. It finishes with a slight bitterness. 3,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2021 after maturing in oak foudre for one year.