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Susana Balbo - Brioso White Blend 2023

Producer
Susana Balbo Signature
Blend
32% Sauvignon Blanc
30% Semillon
38% Torrontes
Country
Argentina
Region
Mendoza
Appellation
Uco Valley
UPC
8 58497 00530 1
White Wine
99192-23/6PK
Product Ratings
James Suckling 93pt

Spicy pears, sliced apples and white peaches with some lime notes as well. Medium-bodied with a flinty and mineral undertone to the lemon and melon flavors. Very fresh and layered. A blend of torrontes, sauvignon blanc and semillon. Drink or hold. Glass stopper.

by James Suckling, 2024

Description

Susana Balbo's Signature wines are elegant, bold wines with artistic finesse. With these wines, Susana defies the limits of enology. The wide range of styles in these wines highlights her audacity to create elevated and innovative wines. This is the result of her vast experience of over 40 years. Susana believes that making a great wine is both science and art. Each terroir provides us with colors and textures that we can bring to life as an art form, and science is the vehicle that allows us to integrate those elements into innovative wines.

Vinification

Sauvignon Blanc and Semill6n: Destemmed. Macerated in the press with dry ice for 4 hours (before pressing), pressing, fining for 24 hours. The Semill6n was devatted to stainless steel tanks and the Sauvignon Blanc to barrels. Fermented with natural yeasts. Torrontes: Destemmed. No maceration during pressing. Selected yeasts. Fermented in barrels. Once fermentation had finished, the wine was kept on lees for two months to improve the mouthfeel. Final blending and racking to oak barrels for four more months.

Tasting notes

It displays floral and citrus aromas that combine with hints of fresh grass, white fruits and orange. In the mouth, floral, fresh and fruity flavors are in perfect balance with the unctuousness of a successful aging in barrels. Pair with fish, rabbit, Asian food and spicy and hot sauces.