Bernabeleva Vinos de Madrid Navaherreros Blanco 2016

The rebooted whites of Madrid have opened our eyes and palates to one of Spanish wines' best-kept secrets, Albillo. Alongside its Garnachas, Bernabeleva is also gaining distinction for its wildcard whites, which are based on this enigmatic, but seldom seen grape.

Bernabeleva’s Albillo fruit is drawn from the estate's original plantings (around 90 years old) in the Cantocuerdas vineyard, a sandy, granite-rich, highland terroir of this magical mountain country. Navaherreros is blended with 30% Macabeo, which comes from some more recently acquired sites with vine age at around 30 years.

Both varieties were harvested by hand and each saw a short period of skin contact before wild yeast fermentation in a mixture of stainless steel and large French and Austrian oak.