Martina Prieto, Verdejo
(vair-DAY-ho)

Tasting Notes: Verdejo thrives in the hot, then, cold conditions of the mesa, but needs to be harvested with extreme precision, utilizing the best of technologies to capture the purity of fruit. No one does this better than Martina Prieto Pariente. This wine is among the very best fresh white wines of the world; one that delights the palate with stinging nettles, ripe pineapple, dried mint, and pencil dust.

	Castilla y León, España. (D.O. Rueda) 12 hectares.		Clay, shells, and limestone.
	Martina Prieto. (mahr-TEEN-ah pree-AY-toh)		Double Cordon. 2,000 vines/hectare. 2 bottle/plant yield.
	Martina Prieto Pariente. (mahr-TEEN-ah pree-AY-toh pahr-ee-AYN-tay)		Fermentation in temp controlled stainless steel. Grape temp controlled by Nitrogen after harvest.
	100% Verdejo.		No barrel aging.
	3.8 grams per liter.		1 month in the bottle.
	6.2 grams per liter.		3,000 cases.
	13.0% by volume.		Smoked salmon, scallops off the grill, semi-hard cheese, Spanish olives, and traditional paella.