Reto 2018 (x6)
Description
L'Albilla est un des cépages les plus anciens que l'on connaisse dans l'appellation Manchuela. Des mots mêmes de Luis Gutiérrez dans The Wine Advocate , le millésime 2018 de Reto est sans doute « un des vins blancs méditerranéens les plus frais d'Espagne ». De profil austère et minéral, il déploie l'étincelle des sols granitiques.
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L'avis des experts
I also tasted the white 2018 Reto, from a cooler year than 2017 that resulted in slightly lower alcohol and higher acidity. This is a vintage that represents the style of white they aim for—fresh, complex and mineral, with an austere profile and integrated oak. It's still a baby and shows more primary notes of freshly cut grass and aromatic herbs, but the core is the striking minerality and the spark of the granite soils. This has a cool-climate profile, with marked acidity, that should keep the wine alive in bottle for a good 5 years or more. It's at a very similar quality level as the 2017 I tasted next to it...perhaps a little better! One of the freshest Mediterranean whites from Spain. The price is simply unbelievable. And I'm sure it's going to be incredibly long lived, especially after I tasted the 2011. 15,000 bottles were filled in March 2019.