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Bodegas Ordonez S.L. Rueda

NISIA | RUEDA

An estate wine based on the ungrafted, old vine Verdejo planted around Santiuste de San Juan Bautista, a quiet town in the province of Segovia, in the southeasternmost subzone of D.O. Rueda, Verdejo was planted in 1920, 1921, 1942 at the highest altitude in the region to three vineyards that resisted phylloxera Alto de la Rivilla, Cuesta de la Rivilla, & Pago Fuentecilla.

 

Traditional dry farmed viticulture here requires organic goblet trained vines on the vaso system to preserve moisture and protect the ripening fruit. Cultivated completely by hand, all of the vines used for Nisia are ungrafted, as this part of D.O Rueda is phylloxera resistant, due to the extremely sandy soils – extremely poor alluvial sandy soils from ancient riverbeds, with the presence of river stones. The climate here is extremely continental and due to the altitude, the highest in the appellation, there are drastic temperature fluctuations between day and night.

 

Winemaking is a manual affair where the vineyards are hand-harvested and stored in small baskets. Fermentation in third-use to neutral French oak puncheons and demi-muids (500-600L barrels, respectively) allow this Verdejo to be aged 12 months sur lie with battonage and still shine through with bright clarity.

 

Bodegas Ordóñez works with exclusively ungrafted vineyards of Verdejo planted in the southeastern subzone of D.O. Rueda, the only part of the appellation that completely resisted phylloxera due to the sandy quality of the soils. The philosophy of the winery is to produce authentic Verdejo the old-fashioned way, by working with traditional vineyard sites and using old school winemaking techniques.

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