Ossian 2012 75cl

The white peach and sliced apple aromas are enchanting. Full body, lots of fruit and a long and flavorful finish. Made from 100-year-old pre-phylloxera verdejo vines. Aged in 50% used and 50% new French oak barrels. Drink now.

The 2012 Ossian has an explosive and balsamic nose of camphor, dried herbs and a touch of diesel intermixed with yellow fruit and spicy and smoky undertones from the wood. The palate is medium-bodied, with pungent flavors and plenty of influence from the oak aging. Drink now-2017. Ossian is now a joint venture between Ismael Gozalo and Pago de Carraovejas, the Ribera del Duero winery that purchased the part that used to belong to Javier Zaccagnini. All their wines are now sold as Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y Leon. There is a new wave of whites from old-vine Verdejo grapes produced in collaboration with some German winemakers, Klaus Peter Keller and Nick Weis, treating Verdejo as if it was Riesling that is called Verdling. There’s one trocken (dry) and one sweet (dulce) produced in the Rheinhessen and Mosel way respectively. A completely revolutionary way of understanding Verdejo!