Description

Wood-fermented Malvasia from pre-phylloxera vines, blended with five other unspecified white varieties. The grapes are spontaneously fermented in new 600-litre French oak casks with light toasting. To look at the wine is deep straw gold; the aromatics are complex with ripe stone fruits, wild honey, pollen, seasoned wood, a touch of tropical fruit (banana) and vanilla pod. The palate is medium bodied, oleaginous and creamy, rich and ripe but with a decent structure, the acidity balancing well. The wine is called La Jefa (meaning “The Boss”) and is the fourth wine in an old vine series that uses very old vines in Toro, making wine in a fresher style than we’ve been accustomed to. It is built for ageing although it is drinking very well now.