Published on 04.06.2022
Forget Merlot and Cabernet, get ready to say goodbye to Riesling and Chardonnay. In this section you will read exclusively about wine grape varieties that you have probably never encountered and that it is very likely that you will not encounter in the future. Here you can meet unknown or disappearing and sometimes quite delusional varieties, varieties that are outside the spectrum of the wine world we are familiar with, get ready for grape stories …
ROYAL ALBILLO The Royal White
the place: Madrid; Avila, Spain.
the color: bright.
The quality: favor.
Quite a few white varieties in Spain are known by name Albillo And this is not really surprising given the fact that the word in its Latin origin means: white. The main and well-known among them are: Albillo Mayor The ancient one who is the genetic father of quite a few Spanish breeds including the Tempranillo variety, Albillo of Albacete The rare, and the third – ROYAL ALBILLOAlso known as Albillo de Madrid Named for its central growing area.
Albilo Real, and in free translation – the royal white, early ripening, with small and round berries, delicate floral aromas, low acidity and oily texture and full body, mineral and with typical peach and pear flavors. The vine is very resistant to drought on the one hand, but on the other hand is very sensitive to cold in the spring.
In the past, enter played an important role in adding texture and smoothness to the red wines of the region. Plateau The Spanish Central Plain, similar to the role of the Viognier variety in boat-based wines of the French Cote Rotti region. Today constitutes for the most part ROYAL ALBILLO Part of a blend, often next to the variety Maccabean ((Viura.