95% Verdejo, 5% other white varieties • hand-harvested from 10-75 year-old vines on the Quinta San Diego, Belondrade’s estate vineyard in La Seca offering varying expositions on rocky clay, sand and limestone • fermented spontaneously in 300-500L French oak barrels • 9 months aging on the lees in French oak • Certified Organic
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Spain
Region:
Castilla Y Leon
Appellation:
Rueda
Variety:
Verdejo
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-BLD-01-22 | 6/750ml |
| Magnum | ES-BLD-01-22M | 1/1500ml |
| 3L (Jeroboam) | ES-BLD-01-22J | 1/3000ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-06-13
"The spicy 2022 Belondrade y Lurton was cropped from a warm and dry year when they had to harvest quite early. The nose shows no signs of excess ripeness; it feeels quite fresh and harmonious. It's elegant, surprisingly restrained, clean and with integrated oak, contained ripeness and 14% alcohol on the label. It's tasty and harmonious, finishing dry with a clean, long and chalky finish. It was bottled in July 2023."
Jancis Robinson
Score
18.5
Date
2025-02-25
"Extremely complex, sophisticated nose. Mouth-filling and creamy. You could confuse this with an absolutely tip-top white bordeaux, but perhaps this is better! Like fermented lemon drops. Really gorgeous flavours and texture. Utterly compelling. (JR) 14%"
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2023
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
95
Date
2025-06-11
"This has only been in the market for a few months at time of publication so it is still very young and tightly wound but its elegance is on show. Despite the rain and some disease pressure, they worked very hard in the vineyards to select only the best grapes for this blend. The oak is very well integrated, bringing fine grained woody tannin and some bitter freshness, and caressing the orange, apricot and floral character of the wine. Deserves time to reveal itself fully. 2026-33"
2023
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2025-06-19
"I find the iconic 2023 Belondrade y Lurton to be unusually ripe, spicy and showy, with some exuberant notes of peach and a little oaky. It has a core of yellow fruit, pollen and hay. The palate is soft and tender, with integrated acidity, 14% alcohol and some power but with freshness and balance, with the classical bitter touch in the finish. 104,305 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024."
2023
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2025-06-24
"The 2023 Belondrade y Lurton offers aromas of baked apple, herbs and pastry, followed by soft oak, a hint of laurel and lightly toasted bread. Sweet-fruited and creamy, it is delicate and youthful, currently a bit disjointed but expected to come together with time."
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2023-01-31
"The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton is showing superb, pure, crystalline, clean, pure and expressive, delicate, elegant and subtle. The oak feels perfectly integrated despite being a very young wine. It has notes of white flowers, orange peel, hints of peach and dry hay and is quite varietal, with a faint bitter twist on the finish that, to me, is a textbook descriptor of the Verdejos from yesteryear. It has 13.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.8. 102,023 bottles, 2,533 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in July 2022."
2021
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2024-02-08
"The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging.The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging.The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging.The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging.The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging.The 2021 Belondrade y Lurton, primarily Verdejo with a pinch of Viognier, hails from the DO Rueda. With a golden hue, aromas of lemon zest, asparagus and peaches unfold against a backdrop of toasted bread and flora. Creamy, ample and velvety on the palate, the well-calibrated acidity unleashes a flavorful finish. This nuanced Verdejo is nicely supported by oak aging."