Lindo y Astuto Garnacha Blanca 2018
Another grape that I have been quite curious about for a while was Garnacha Blanca , that I found selling at a major discount shop in Hamburg. As it often happens in these cases, it was pretty hard to exactly identify who or where it was produced. Somehow I felt like venturing myself to some sort of blind tasting. The first thing that called my attention was its strong minerality allied with some citrus taste, making it a perfect match for some pasta or sea food. It has a very good first impact, being a wine ready to drink from the moment we open the bottle. I have to confess that I was pretty impressed by it and really enjoyed its freshness and character, almost reminding me of some Vinhos Verdes. As its weakness, I would point some lack of consistency once open for a while, but that can be solved by drinking it a bit colder than normal. Somehow, it suggested me some renewed look over some of Jack Kerouac's haikus, from which I share this one: Birds singing in the d...