Soto Manrique Naranjas Azules Rose 2017 clarendelle persistent bead and the freshness

persistent bead and the freshness of acidity helps to drive a longer and satisfying finish

dark chocolate mousse with fresh berries

Youthful ruby but with a few garnet hints

Superb flavours and excellent ripening led to an earlier than expected harvest

finesse and shape with rich

Soto Manrique Naranjas Azules Rose 2017 clarendelle persistent bead and the freshnessIf you're familiar with most Spanish rosados, this pale orange hued garnacha ros from Rueda will surprise. Husband and wife team (Sr Soto and Sra Manrique) began a project in 2012 to highlight what their homeland of Castilla y Leon is capable of. They found a small, high altitude (780m) 12ha vineyard of poor, limestone rich sandy clay soil, planted to verdejo, garnacha and chardonnay and with vines 20 75 years old. They make only three wines,