Virgen de las Viñas El Concierto Blanco
£7.75
The wine
A crisp and fruity wine with delicate floral notes and vibrant green apple, grapefruit and pineapple flavours in a light and refreshing style. Airen is Spain's most planted white grape, and this shows why it deserves better than its reputation.
Airen is the workhorse white of La Mancha and one of the most widely planted grapes on earth, nearly all of it on this plateau. Tomelloso, where the cooperative sits, is known for its cuevas, cellars dug beneath the houses, and for the vast clay tinajas once used for fermentation.
The producer
Virgen de las Viñas
View all Virgen de las Viñas winesVirgen de las Vinas is a growers' cooperative at Tomelloso in the heart of Castilla-La Mancha, one of the largest in Spain.
Tomelloso sits at the centre of La Mancha proper, the flat, arid tableland that Cervantes made famous and that produces more wine than any comparable area on earth. The town is known for its cuevas, cellars dug beneath the houses to store wine at constant temperature, and for the tinajas, vast clay amphorae traditionally used for fermentation before stainless steel arrived.
Airen and Tempranillo are the grapes, both suited to drought and heat. El Concierto is the range name, and the wines are made in the modern manner, cool-fermented and bottled young, offering the sort of value that only a region of this scale can.
