Pedro Escudero - The Maker - Finca Valdevacas Sauvignon Blanc

Although it shares characteristics with our purest Verdejo estates, this particular estate was chosen for its special characteristics, especially for this project. Its terrain with different slopes produces small variances in solar orientation and creates a natural division between two types of soils with different characteristics.

The grapes were harvested in late August in a single batch in which the first ‘flower’ (unpressed) musts were separated for fermentation. As with the Verdejo, fermentation is controlled at a low temperature, attempting to maintain it at its first stage as long as possible; it is there that the variety is strongly expressed through its primary characteristics. Aged a minimum of five months on its lees, it takes a short rest in bottles before reaching the market.