Blau Cru (Malvasía de Sitges)

Spain
Penedès
2021

100% Malvasía de Sitges planted in 1999 on rich alluvial soils. Grapes are hand harvested, lightly crushed and fermented/aged in stainless for eight months on its lees.

94 points
"The white 2021 Blau Cru was produced with Malvasía de Sitges grapes from 25-year-old vines from a massal selection. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and matured with the lees that were stirred every 15 days for nine months, and it didn't go through malolactic fermentation. It has a deep golden color is a little cloudy. It has an amazing nose, with a savory feeling to it, and it reminds me of food, a wine for the table, with an herbal nose and hints of broth. It's weightless despite the 13.02% alcohol and has a pH of 3.08, reflecting the amazing freshness of the variety. It's amazing how expressive and nuanced these dry whites produced with Malvasía de Sitges grapes, a grape people tend to associate with sweet wines, are. It's a grape that is very complicated in the vineyard, prone to illnesses, greatly marked by the vintage, with low yields, much lower than Xarel.lo. The acidity makes the wines very long lived. 7,533 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2022."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
94 points
"100% Malvasía de Sitges, fermented and aged only in stainless steel. A remarkable wine; smoky, steely and with a touch of petrol on the nose. The acidity is absolutely electric; tongue-tingling and mouth-watering, yet married well to ripe stone fruits. So tight, so focused and very long indeed. 2022-2038"
Tim Atkin,
Tim Atkin
2024 Special Cataluyna Report

SKU/Code: 
DB2398-21
Product Line: 
National Portfolio
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Malvasia
Farming Type: 
Organic