Nuria, 2022 Blend and further afield

and further afield

Region: Bio Bio Valley

The Vitovska from Azienda Zidarich is an excellent introduction to the wines from Karst

and being aged in clay amphora

with an attractive bitter edge

Nuria, 2022 Blend and further afieldLucy Chilvers is on a one woman mission to show us how diverse Xarel Lo can be, with this cuvee showing its possibilities when given more substantial skin contact. The wine is a blend of a parcel of Xarel Lo grapes grown on sandy clay soils with some Muscat DAlexandra, the grapes are all destemmed and then fermented separately, with the Xarel Lo spending three weeks on the skins, and the Muscat just two after which, the musts are combined and aged in