Descripción

Expresivo, seco y vertical. Este Palomino fino de Muchada-Leclapart recoge la esencia de los suelos gaditanos de albariza. Un vino estupendo para entrar sumergirse en el universo de esta interesantísima bodega del sur. Una joyita de producción ultra limitada, ya que de esta añada tan solo se elaboró una bota que dio lugar a 280 botellas.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Muchada-Léclapart
Tipo
Blanco
Añada
2023
Grado
12.5% vol.
Producción
280 botellas
Variedad
100% Palomino fino
Origen
IGP Cádiz

Cata

Nariz
Seco, ajerezado, salino y elegante.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir entre 7 y 10 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Viña Miraflores Alta, en Pago Miraflores
Descripción
Viñas cultivadas siguiendo los principios ecológicos y biodinámicos. Se realiza una labor superficial de suelos y cubiertas verdes.
Superficie
0.7 hectáreas.
Edad
50 años.
Suelo
Lustrillos y lentejuela albariza.
Rendimiento
De 5.000 a 8.000 kilogramos por hectárea.
Vinificación
Fermentación espontánea (sin rectificación de ningún tipo) en botas viejas de manzanilla o en barricas de roble francés usadas.
Envejecimiento
11 meses en las mismas botas viejas.
Embotellado
Sin filtrar ni estabilizar en frío. Aclarado con bentonita a baja intensidad.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The 2023 Étoile comes from a year when all the wines from the portfolio were produced. It was produced with the grapes from 0.7 hectares in Miraflores Alta, a plot that delivers more oxidative, muscular and powerful wines. Since 2018, it has been vinified in used 225-liter French oak barrels instead of Manzanilla botas, which was the initial intention (the barrels are from 2013; they purchased them in 2017 and have used them ever since). The wine matured in those oak barrels with full lees for 11 months, as the wines are bottled before the following harvest. It has a much darker color, despite not having any skin contact; it was produced with the juice from the direct pressing, but the character of the wine is always like this, a little more oxidative, a little more Sherry if you like. It comes in at 12.5% alcohol (like the other wines, that's a full 2% more than in 2022), with a pH of 3.8 and 3.4 grams of acidity. It has balsamic and spicy flavors, a little medicinal perhaps. If the Lumière is more reductive, this is more oxidative. The lentejuela soils here have more clay, and that's what gives the wine that character. There was only one barrel, which delivered 280 bottles that were filled in July 2024.