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BODEGAS
VERACRUZ
Rueda, Spain
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The
Bodega takes its name from "La Ermita de la Veracruz"
- a literal translation being The Hermitage of the True
Cross - in the village of Nava del Rey.
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bodega that was built beneath this chapel has belonged
to the "de Benito" family since the mid-1980s.
In the bell-tower of this chapel a pair of storks
nest every year, and they are the inspiration for
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The
de Benito family's connection with the world of wine
started in the 1970s when the father of the present
generation that run BODEGAS VERACRUZ bought a bodega
in Nava del Rey. It was his decision to follow the French
Chateau pattern, putting the Bodega alongside the vineyards,
a revolutionary step for those times in the Rueda area.
The de Benito family were pioneers in applying new wine-making
techniques in order to change the style of the wines,
taking them from the dullish wines made from over-ripe
Verdejo with a high level of alcohol, to today's wines:
an explosion of aromas, fruit and freshness.
The
choice of Nava del Rey as the site for the Bodega was
chiefly because of its privileged position within the
Rueda D.O. Its proximity to the Duero River means that
it benefits more from the Atlantic winds, and at the
same time, contrasting daytime and night temperatures,
both helping the optimum critical balance between acidity
and sugar levels in the grapes grown there. Nava del
Rey is also one of the villages in the Rueda DO with
the longest and most celebrated wine-making traditions,
their wines being the forerunners of the new white wine
production throughout Rueda.
The
intention was and remains to create a small bodega,
completely committed to quality, combining on the one
hand the Rueda wine-making tradition that reaches back
to the arrival of the Arabs in the Iberian peninsular
in the XI century, and on the other, the innovation
and creativity that are essential for producing fine
wines from the Verdejo grape variety.
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on the wine labels for larger versions:
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ERMITA
VERACRUZ, Verdejo
Bring on the rest of world, Spain
is finally ready to do battle! Ermita Veracruz
is Spain's secret weapon, brandishing crisp, racy,
herbaceous fruit character, a full, rich palate
of spicy, guava, mango and lychee fruit. Really
very Sauvignon like but with more weight and panache
than would be polite to expect.
This truly is a world beater and it has the accolades
to prove it - the 2003 vintage was the first Spanish
white to win Gold at the International Wine challenge
for over 3 years!
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