Raúl Moreno La Pretensión 2023

2023 / 92+ puntos

The golden-colored unfortified white 2023 La Pretensión was produced with Moscatel de Alejandría grapes from Balbaína Baja in Jerez. The full clusters fermented for a week, then were foot trodden and then aged in used 400-liter Cognac barrels with flor for nine months. I find more "orange" and skin contact here than in the other whites I tasted this time, with notes of yellow fruit, quince paste and a spirity touch, with the effect of the flor quite subtle and hidden by the effect of the skins and the wood. It's not varietal at all, despite being faintly more aromatic than its siblings. It's tasty and tender, with 12.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.4, medium-bodied, with volume and some fine tannins. 1,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2024.