Pale yellow with golden hints, brilliant. Thick with slow tears. Herbs tones and spices. Mineral and saline character, balsamic with a slight touch of honey and lemon. Perfect integrated wood. Good acidity. Sharp touch of wood bringing toffee, condensed milk and nuts.
Bodegas Verum
Single 75cl bottle
Verum Cuvée 1222
This wine is made from certified organic grapes.
This is a Sauvignon Blanc single vineyard wine elaborated after careful selection of the best stocks planted by the López-Montero family 18 years ago.
‘Cuvée 1222‘ refers to the number of bottles produced in the first vintage of this singular wine.
| PRODUCER | Bodegas Verum |
|---|---|
| WINE NAME | Verum Cuvée 1222 |
| COUNTRY | Spain |
| REGION | Castilla-La Mancha |
| SUB REGION | Tomelloso |
| ESTATE | Casa Ramiro |
| ALTITUDE | 660 metres |
| SOIL | Poor and shallow, very high limestone content |
| APPELLATION | Vino de la Tierra de Castilla |
| VINTAGE | 2014 |
| GRAPE VARIETY | Sauvignon Blanc |
| HARVEST | Manual picking |
| AGEING | 5 months in square French oak barriques with daily bâtonnage. Bottle ageing for 12 months. |
| ALCOHOL CONTENT | 12% ABV |
| COLOUR | White |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Still wine |
| BOTTLE SIZE | 75cl |
| SOLD AS | Single 75cl bottle |
| CASE QUANTITY | 6x 75cl bottles |
| ORGANIC CERTIFICATION | Made from certified organic grapes |
| AWARDS AND RATINGS | Silver Medal – International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2017 |
| WINEMAKER | Elías López Montero |
| FEATURES | Suitable for vegetarians and vegans |
| PRODUCT CODE | V0062 |
Verum Cuvée 1222
Tasting notes
Verum Cuvée 1222
Food pairing notes
We are in front of a complex wine but its character makes it an easy drinking wine. It goes well with plenty of salads, smoked fish and nuts. Cheese and pasta with sauce. Rice, white meat and fish, specially cod, tuna and salmon. Oven-baked white and blue fish, goat cheese.
Suggested serving temperature: 12ºC
Verum Cuvée 1222
Winemaker notes
This single vineyard wine comes from Casa Ramiro estate, whose poor, shallow soil has a very high limestone content.
This wine ages in Roc Cuve® barriques for 4 months. The daily bâtonnage (lees stirring) brings intensified aromas and fullness in the mouth.
Harvest: Beginning of September. This Sauvignon Blanc belongs to a 15 years old vineyard, soils poor in organic materials and plenty of limestone. Hand picked and transported in 15 kg. cases. These grapes were subject to a triple selection: in the vineyard, selection of bunches and selection of grapes.
Wine making: Selection of the grapes and cooling with carbonic ice.
– Pre-fermentative maceration in deposits for 72 hours.
– Free run juice extraction.
– Fermentation in square barriques.
– Ageing in square barriques of French oak for 5 months with daily bâtonnage.
– Bottle ageing for 12 months.
