Garcia Georgieva Blanco 2022

Garcia Georgieva Blanco 2022

Garcia Georgieva
$56.00

Grape: Albillo, Malvasía
Vintage: 2022
Type: Orange

This skin-contact orange wine is a traditional field blend of albillo and malvasía produced by Goyo García Viadero and Diana Semova Georgieva. Sourced from centenarian bush vines in Ribera del Duero, the grapes grow on high-altitude, limestone-rich clay soils. The winemaking involves pressing with a traditional basket press followed by twenty-five days of skin contact in stainless steel. Driven by native wild yeasts and bottled without added sulfur, this cuvée delivers a distinct ancestral identity.

It pours a hazy amber-gold color, releasing distinctive aromas of dried apricot, citrus peel, white flowers, and fresh mountain herbs. A medium-bodied frame pairs stone fruit flavors with a gentle, tea-like tannin structure from the skin contact. A fine phenolic grip frames the mid-palate cleanly, balanced by a sharp beam of mineral acidity. Notes of hazelnut and light salinity add depth across the textured mouthfeel. It finishes bone-dry, leaving a persistent, mouthwatering trail of stone.

The Garcia Georgieva winery is a partnership between husband-and-wife winemakers Goyo García Viadero and Diana Semova Georgieva. Operating out of Ribera del Duero in Spain, they are renowned for producing elegant, natural wines that reflect traditional winemaking methods and a deep respect for their terroir. Goyo García Viadero comes from a prominent Ribera del Duero winemaking family but has chosen to follow a traditional, minimal-intervention path, rejecting modern trends like intense extraction and new oak. Inspired by natural winemakers in the Jura region, he focuses on organic farming, old vines, and letting the terroir speak for itself. Grapes are hand-harvested and undergo fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wines are aged in old French oak barrels or stainless steel tanks in a cold, ancient Roman-era cellar dug out of limestone bedrock. No additives, fining, or filtration are used in their process.