I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love

... with a great new wine!

New to me anyway.
Down on the bottom shelf of the slot allotted to Spanish wines at BevMo was a bottle of Rueda. As I try to always buy at least one wine that I know nothing whatever about, and I wanted some white (this was Rueda blanco), and it was $10.99, I bought it.

Night before last I was cooking some chicken with lemon, garlic and white wine and poking around on my spreadsheet I noticed "Las Brisas Rueda 07" and said, "What the h-e-double-toothpicks!" (Not wanting to alarm any elderly maidens who might have been nearby.)

My note: Good Wine!!! Tart, spicy, flavorful, light texture, really good and excellent value! I want more. 12.5% alcohol

I rushed right down and bought one of the last two bottles on the shelf, for cracked Dungeness crab on Sunday.

(What's in Rueda, anyway?)

John

The last one I had was a Verdeho (grape variety.) I will post a note in the next few minutes.

The last one I had was a Verdeho (grape variety.) I will post a note in the next few minutes.

Verdejo is indeed the main variery in Rueda, but Las Brisas has (per VS) a slug of SB in it and that's what I taste in it. There may also be some Viura in it, as that's also permitted in Rueda DOC.

Mark Lipton

John,

I picked up a bottle of Rueda at the local Payless Liquors on the recommendation of the clerk. It was probably the exact wine that you had (yellowish label) at the same price. I was quite impressed. We drank it with baked chicken. I plan to grab another bottle tomorrow.

My wine spend per bottle is way down this year, thanks to the economy, but I have been very happy with the quality of <$20 wines that we have been drinking.

SB and Verdejo sounds right for the taste, if verdejo is a more aromatic variety. Isn't Verdejo also grown in Portugal and spelled a bit differently? Something like verdelho?
Yes, it's a white and yellow label, very attractive.

John

Bodegas Naia is a very nice, pretty Rueda that can be found for under $10 if you look around. It is one of my top white qprs.

Bodegas Naia -- I could say, "I'll keep it in mind," but that presumes that my mind is somewhere to keep something. Actually, it's more like a beer glass - in the working position, there's a hole in the bottom.

John

love rueda

exactly what i'm serving for the lunch i'm serving tomorrow which will roast chicken with garlic, basil and oregano with some lemon. goes perfectly to my mind, i hope i'm proven right