Rueda Verdejo

Description :

Location: Santiuste de San Juan Bautista. This town is located in the province of Segovia, in the southeasternmost subzone of D.O. Rueda, which is the highest altitude zone and resisted phylloxera.
Vineyard: Alto de la Rivilla, Cuesta de la Rivilla, & Pago Fuentecilla
Viticulture: Traditional dry farmed viticulture. Organic goblet trained vines (vaso system). Cultivated completely by hand. All of the vines used for Nisia are ungrafted, as this part of D.O Rueda is phylloxera resistant, due to the extremely sandy soils.
Winemaking: Hand-harvested and stored in small baskets. Fermentation in third use to neutral French oak puncheons and demi-muids (500-600L barrels, respectively). Aged 12 months sur lie with battonage.
Aging: 12 months sur lie in the fermentation vessel with battonage. Clarified and lightly filtered.