Emilio Rojo 2020, Emilio Rojo

This is one of Spain’s greatest and most famous white wines. Initially focused, precise and linear, it possesses the potential to broaden out to gorgeous complexity: suggesting quince, apricot, fresh herbs, wet stones, woodsmoke, struck flint and a plethora of other nuances. It can improve over at least 7-9 years from vintage. Quintessential Galician, Emilio Rojo, having trained and worked as an engineer, returned to his homeland and in 1987, began the process of restoring and reviving a small (1.2 hectare), family vineyard plot in the Avia Valley. This cool yet sheltered, east-facing, slow-ripening site is planted mostly with Treixadura, and some Godello, Lado and Louriera, and has a track record of making wine of sublime freshness, texture and complexity.