Descripción

Finca Sandoval Aurora se elabora a partir de un coupage con uva Albilla, la típica variedad blanca de la D.O. Manchuela. Fresco, delicado y expresivo este blanco se somete a una crianza en fudre de roble y huevo de hormigón, que le aporta cremosidad y complejidad, convirtiéndolo en un vino muy gastronómico e ideal para acompañar paellas, platos de pescado e incluso carnes blancas.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Finca Sandoval
Tipo
Blanco Fermentado en Barrica
Añada
2023
Grado
13.5% vol.
Producción
12.100 botellas
Variedad
Albilla, Macabeo, Marisancho
Origen
Manchuela
Certificación
EU Organic Bio

Cata

Vista
Color dorado.
Nariz
Notas de frutas blancas maduras, aromas florales y un toque almendrado.
Boca
Fresco, sápido y cremoso, con acidez media y un final salino y largo.
Temperatura de servicio
Entre 10 y 12 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2031, aproximadamente, si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.
Maridaje
Ideal para maridar con pescados, arroces, carnes blancas y verduras.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñas de uva blanca coplantadas entre las hileras de cepas viejas de Bobal de la finca.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 10 meses en fudre y huevo de hormigón.
Embotellado
En mayo de 2024.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The third vintage of their white, the 2023 Aurora was produced with the grapes from three plots on very white soils with a sandy texture and covered by big boulders, two of them planted with Macabeo and one with Marisancho (Pardillo) grapes, and the blend comes to approximately equal parts of each grape. It had a mixed aging in 1,900-liter concrete egg, 2,500-liter oak foudre and 5,200-liter concrete vat. It has a moderate 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 2.9 and notable acidity, 6.6 grams. The wine is more serious with Macabeo and is not exuberant—it's shy but elegant. They achieved very good freshness and acidity in 2023, and it's very clean and precise, with enough volume (they don't block malolactic anymore, but it didn't go through because of the very low pH) and more reductive than oxidative. It's tasty and long, with a salty and bitter twist in the finish and a chalky texture. Every year, the wine has been different, but this is the line they are going to follow, at least in 2024. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024. (Luis Gutiérrez)

Decanter:

Smoky and zesty, with lime, pineapple and stone-fruit depth. Sourced from old, biodynamically farmed vines and fermented in old oak and amphora, it’s mouth-filling yet racy, with fine minerality and long, refined length. (Victoria Daskal)