Goyo Georgieva Blanco de Albillo y Malvasia 2022

Goyo Garcia Viadero is a natural producer in Castilla y Leon working with native white grapes that are rare in red-dominated Ribera del Duero. This wine is built mainly on Albillo, the region's traditional white variety, rounded out by aromatic Malvasia. The vines sit at Gumiel de Mercado in the province of Burgos at around 900 metres on sand and pebble soils, an altitude that brings cold nights and a wide diurnal range, which slows ripening and locks in the acidity that gives the wine its freshness. After hand harvest the fruit is given skin contact, drawing colour, light grip and texture from the skins while keeping the aromatic lift of the Malvasia. The wine is made with minimal intervention and little added sulphur. The colour is pale amber to gold. The nose shows white peach, apricot and white flowers with a citrus edge, and the palate is dry and lightly textured, with pear, honey and a fresh, mineral, faintly earthy finish from the sandy soils. Serve at 10 to 12 degrees in a white wine glass. Good with white fish, shellfish and roast chicken.