Region: Spain - Rueda
Grapes: Verdejo
Alcohol: 14%
Notes on the Wine
Nisia Las Suertes is named after Finca Las Suertes – a 6Ha. parcel of ungrafted vines planted originally in 1886. This spectacular pre-phylloxeric vineyard is planted with the original clones of Verdejo that are indigenous to Rueda. In many cases, bulk oriented vineyards will yield up to 15 tons per hectare – Finca Las Suertes yields 1 ton per acre. The incredible small berries and bunches produce wines with intense concentration, gylceric quality, and phenolic content which produce a serious, austere wine that marries perfectly with sur lie ageing. Rueda is located on the Spanish central plateau, so although this area is flat, it is planted at 850M. above sea level. These conditions yield wines with tremendous concentration but also with beautiful acidity. Nisia Las Suertes is one of the few wines in Rueda that champions the original qualities of the authentic Verdejo from Spain.
The grapes are hand harvested and rigorously sorted at the winery. Pressed in a small pneumatic press. The must is transferred to 500L & 600L French puncheons and demi-muids for fermentation. 30% of the large barrels are new and 70% are neutral. The goal is to age the wines sur lie, not impart oak character, as the sur lie ageing from these incredible grapes imparts a unique complexity and weight to the wine that is atypical for the region. These large format barrels allow the wine to age perfectly sur lie while preventing reduction to the gradual micro-oxygenation that the barrels provide. Sur lie ageing takes place for 9 months and the wine is lightly filtered before bottling