Jorge Navascues: Mas de Mancuso Macabeo 2024

Parker zu 2023 om: Mas de Mancuso Macabeo

The white 2023 Mas de Mancuso Macabeo comes from an old, north-facing vineyard on slate soils at high altitude that they purchased in 2018. But it's a small plot that delivers low yields. After some experiments with skins, Flextank and all, they have found a balance with shorter skin contact. It was harvested earlier and has contained ripeness and a fresh nose that is clean and precise, with 13% alcohol on the label. It has a nose of white flowers with a faint honeyed touch and a saline character that makes it very tasty. It has a textured mouthfeel, with very good depth and complexity, elegant and balanced, fresh and very tasty and fine-boned. It matured for 14 months in two 500-liter Stockinger barrels from 2016. It has the components and the balance between them to age nicely in bottle. A triumph over the adverse conditions of the year, it shows great purity and freshness. 1,350 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2025.