2017 Vallado Branco Reserva Quinta do Vallado Both regal and rambunctious

Both regal and rambunctious

reductive style and lacks the opulence and sexiness this cuvée normally shows

(Review Date December 2017)

freshly structured

This is an intense

2017 Vallado Branco Reserva Quinta do Vallado Both regal and rambunctiousGrape varieties: 45% Gouveio, 30% Rabigato and 25% Arinto. Parker Squires 93 points: The 2017 Branco Reserva, bottled about a month before tasting, is a blend of Gouveio (45%), Rabigato (30%) and Arinto (25%), aged for eight months in 25% new French oak. It comes in at 13% alcohol. This handles its wood brilliantly, even at a young age. It's sharp, for the style, and surprisingly fresh in this big year. Winemaker Xito Olazabal said they picked in