Blanco Nieva
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Blanco Nieva 2011 Pie Franco Verdejo (Rueda)
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- $28
This gets going with apple, peach and mineral aromas that are pure and alluring. It feels lifted but a little creamy, with green banana, lime, orange and kiwi flavors. Solid and long on the finish; this is exemplary unoaked Verdejo.
— M.S.
(11/1/2012)
Blanco Nieva 2010 Pie Franco Verdejo (Rueda)
- Editors' Choice
- $28
What a beauty this is. Strong-boned apple, green melon and minerally aromas are the greeting. The palate is pure and right, with piercing pineapple, lime and mild briney notes. Lasting and true late, with quality oozing up from the glass.
— M.S.
(11/1/2011)
Blanco Nieva 2006 Pie Franco Verdejo (Rueda)
- $20
Old-vines Verdejo from Rueda can amount to something special, and this vineyard-select beauty has it going on. The bouquet is clean, with touches of saline, mineral and lime. The palate is mostly about freshness, but soon power and depth of fruit take over. And the finish is a whopper in terms of length and purity.
— M.S.
(11/1/2007)
Blanco Nieva 2009 Verdejo (Rueda)
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- $18
Grassy aromas along with capsicum, nettle and green fruit aromas are pungent and exciting. The palate is spritzy and lively, while the flavor profile balances sweet, candied green fruit flavors with more driving, intense tastes of lime and green melon. Forward, fun and elevated; drink now for ultimate freshness.
— M.S.
(11/1/2010)
Blanco Nieva 2010 Verdejo (Rueda)
- $22
Citrus, passion fruit and lime are draped all over the quality bouquet. The palate is juicy and offers a mild spritzy feel, while the palate is sweet and easy but maintains its necessary core citrus and mineral qualities. Finishes mild, smooth and a little sweet.
— M.S.
(11/1/2011)
Blanco Nieva 2011 Verdejo (Rueda)
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- $22
This is waxy on the nose, with the aromatic spunk of nettle and sweaty citrus. It feels fresh, minerally and zesty, with citrus, apple and green herb flavors. It’s solid, smooth and elegant on the finish, which turns slightly bitter as it concludes.
— M.S.
(11/1/2012)
Blanco Nieva 2007 Pie Franco Verdejo (Rueda)
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- $24
Mineral, cactus, citrus and green herbs share the bouquet, which is followed by a full yet spritzy palate of apple cider and citrus flavors. The slight effervescence makes the wine dance, yet there’s something incongruous about the spritz matched against the natural weight of old-vines Verdejo.
— M.S.
(11/15/2008)
Blanco Nieva 2008 Pie Franco Verdejo (Rueda)
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- $24
Expressive white wine from the high plains of central Spain. Pie Franco is one of the more forward, high-quality wines from Rueda. It’s 100% Verdejo and thus it sizzles with green apple, melon, citrus and celery aromas and flavors. Almost like dry 7Up in the mouth, with spritz, zest and persistence. Drink now. Imported by Frontier Wine Imports.
— M.S.
(10/1/2009)
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