Pagos del Rey Castillo De Albai Crianza 2016 Size::12 Bottle Case Winemakers James Healy and Ivan

Winemakers James Healy and Ivan Sutherland add creamy bells and whistles to this wine by fermenting their Sauvignon Blanc grapes in oak barrels to soften savvy’s crisp green flavors – rather than adding a wood-derived taste

The skin soaking is limited to 6-8 days so to extract few tannins and more colour from the skins themselves

The nose is greeted with lifted sweet-scented aromas of quince

it is an explosion of black fruit

some soft licorice and clove and a fine but voluptuous tannin structure

Pagos del Rey Castillo De Albai Crianza 2016 Size::12 Bottle Case Winemakers James Healy and IvanThe nose shows a perfect balance between notes of ripe red fruits like raspberries and plums and spicy notes of clove and black pepper, as a result of its passage through wood, not to mention subtle mineral notes. The palate is powerful, yet silky, between tannins and acidity, elegant and sweet, with a long lingering aftertaste that appear in the notes to licorice.