Vino Blanco Montespina Verdejo
White Wine Montespina Verdejo with D.O. Rueda. Made with a type of Verdejo grape cold macerated on fine lees. A Joven wine from Bodega Fuentespina.
Berliner Wein Trophy: Gold | Mundus Vini: Gold
Age: Joven.
Winery: Bodegas Fuentespina.
Tasting note for White Wine Montespina Verdejo:
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Pale golden color, very bright.
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It has good complexity, the typical aniseed aromas of the Verdejo (fennel) joins a beautiful floral range (jasmine, orange blossom) and touches reminiscent of nuts and pralines.
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The palate is frank, almost unctuous, with good citrus acidity supported by fruit. Easy to drink and persistent.
Optimum service temperature: 10°-12° C.
A pairing: Merluza sobre verduritas frescas.
Ingredients: A loin of hake, two carrots, an onion, a clove of garlic, 200 gr. of peas, a zucchini, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, a pinch of saffron and several sage leaves.
Elaboration:
- Cut a piece of hake per person, leaving the skin.
- Put a splash of oil in a pan and, when hot, put the hake blocks on the side of the skin. Lower the heat, put a sage leaf on each block, cover and leave until it is at its point. Turn around just to seal the meat part.
- Finely chop the onion, zucchini, garlic and carrots in julienne and sauté in a pan. The carrot and zucchini should be left al dente. Add the peas at the end, without being preserved, and a few minutes before, if they are fresh.
- Season and add the pinch of saffron. Plating placing a bed of vegetables and on it, hake and sage leaf. Garnish with the juice of having sautéed the vegetables.
An ideal dish to accompany with a glass of Montespina Verdejo wine.