Cantariña 4 La Blanca

A blend of 80% Doña Blanca and 10% Palomino, the 2017 Cantariña 4 Doña Blanca is not a shy wine and comes from a warm year (among other things), reaching 14% alcohol but keeping a low pH of 3.2. It comes from old vines and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, where it developed some flor yeasts for six months when it was kept with the lees. I don't really get flor aromas from this, though; it is rather balsamic and a little spicy, with notes of pollen and bay leaf. The palate is powerful but balanced, tasty, long and clean, with a marked personality. This is sold without the Bierzo DO because the vineyards were not properly registered. 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2018.