Ramón Bilbao Sauvignon Blanc Rueda DO 2018

Tast­ing Notes from the Curator

Lemon-yel­low in colour and pale in inten­si­ty, this wine is clean and bril­liant, and pro­duces tears on the glass. In nose, it is frank, clean and of high inten­si­ty. Char­ac­terised by aro­mas of trop­i­cal and cit­rus fruit with notes of herbs and fresh­ly cut grass, there is an under­ly­ing bou­quet of white pep­per and nuts, drawn out from the wood.

In mouth it is intense, of medi­um acid­i­ty, and medi­um-bod­ied with well-inte­grat­ed alco­hol and a pleas­ant tex­ture. The retronasal aro­ma us again intense, with the pres­ence of trop­i­cal and critric fruit in nose.

To sum up, it is a bal­anced wine which is ready to drink right away, but also has poten­tial for lay­ing down.

Best served between 7ºC and 9ºC.

Pair­ings

This Span­ish Sauvi­gnon Blanc is an ide­al accom­pa­ni­ment to fish, seafood, sushi and steamed veg­eta­bles. Also works great with goat cheese. 

World’s Most Admired Wine Brand

Hailed as one of Spain’s most inno­v­a­tive pro­duc­ers and the title­hold­er of 2019’s World’s Most Admired Wine Brand, Ramón Bil­bao was estab­lished way back in 1924, when Don Ramón Bil­bao Mur­ga set up his home in the heart of Rioja’s wine region, Haro. 

Ramón Bil­bao was a man ahead of his time who had an ambi­tious dream to trav­el the world whilst using wine as his tick­et to this adven­ture. For months he bus­ied him­self with cal­cu­lat­ing routes, winds and tem­per­a­tures and with choos­ing the best wines to take on the expe­di­tion, before depart­ing for for­eign lands in the spring of 1924. This notion of the brave adven­ture is still strong­ly ingrained into the essence of the estate, and is reflect­ed in every­thing they do. 

Cur­rent­ly the win­ery boasts of 180 hectares of vine­yards and is spear­head­ed by the vision of chief wine­mak­er, Rodol­fo Basti­da. While he’s a man who likes to push the bound­aries, Basti­da main­tains the utmost respect for the knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence that comes from tra­di­tion, and believes the future lies in tri­al and exploration.

Storage Instructions

Store your unopened bot­tle in a cool, dry, and dark place safe from con­stant vibra­tion. Keep your bot­tle hor­i­zon­tal in a wine rack or cel­lar to retain the moist­ness of the cork. The ide­al tem­per­a­ture for stor­age is between 7 to 15°C. Once opened, a bot­tle will be good for 3 to 5 days stand­ing upright in the refrigerator.

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