UNexpected Chardonnay

Why it's on our shelf

The Vino de Pago classification at Finca Aylés applies to everything the Ramón Reula family grows here — including this organically farmed Chardonnay at 650 metres on ancient limestone soils. Slightly oaked means the wood completes rather than dominates: white peach, citrus, a delicate hazelnut thread, good acidity. It challenges the assumption that serious Spanish white wine comes only from Galicia or Rioja. It is right.

— Berthe & Moritz