Cillar de Silos Ribera del Duero Rosado 2024 Grape_White Tempranillo Christmas cake and cloves

Christmas cake and cloves

there are some absolute gems of white wines to be found

But these aren’t any old oak barrels

Laurent tells me the vineyard is owned by a guy who used to work for Renault - and when he passed it to his son

He also played rugby for Grenoble and Bayonne - in the equivalent of Top 14 back in the day

Cillar de Silos Ribera del Duero Rosado 2024 Grape_White Tempranillo Christmas cake and clovesBelieve it or not, Ribera del Duero was best known for ros 400 years ago. How times have changed but there are nods to this history with this wine. Back in the day, Ribera wines were deep coloured and tannic. So Tempranillo vineyards were planted with a white grape called Albillo, which was then blended into the reds, to soften them up. Theres around 15% of Albillo in this ros, which not only lightens the colour, but gives a gorgeous citrusy flavour