Torres Pago del Cielo Rueda Celeste Verdejo

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Torres Pago del Cielo Rueda Celeste Verdejo Sur Lies 2021

If you have ever enjoyed wines from Spain then you have heard of Familia Torres. This is their Pago del Cielo from Rueda, a region known for mineral driven, fresh and oh so elegant Verdejo. This wine undergoes three hours of skin contact followed by stainless steel fermentation and aged on the lees for four months.

Pours into the glass a bright yellow color. The intense aromas tickles your fancy you pour….crisp herbaceous character with white peach, fennel, anise, lemon, lime and pineapple. The mouth puckering fresh acidity is the backbone to this wine that carries the flavors in a lingering silky finish. Freshly picked white peaches, mango, citrus abounch, grass, fennel , gooseberry and anise hum all intertwined to the saline finish. This is a summer sensation on your hands

Paired with my version of a bbq chicken and kale salad with homemade multi-grain croutons, avocado, cherry tomatoes and baby cucumbers with a citrus honey vinaigrette. Dig in peeps and enjoy.