Menade Nosso Verdejo Natural

Winemaker Menade on the winery

“Our family has been making wine in the Rueda area since 1820. In 2005, we founded Bodegas Menade with a clear vision: to create wines that express their origins as purely as possible. We farm organically and follow natural viticulture principles, with great attention to biodiversity and healthy soils. In the cellar, we favour minimal intervention and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. This allows the grapes and the landscape to tell their own story.”

And on Rueda, Spain

“Our Nosso is made from 100% Verdejo, sourced from organically farmed old vineyards on calcareous clay and stony soils around Rueda. We hand-harvest the grapes and allow them to ferment spontaneously with their natural yeasts. With this wine, we go a step further: no sulphites are added, either in the vineyard or during winemaking. Malolactic fermentation also occurs spontaneously, partly in wooden barrels. The wine then spends two to three months ageing on fine lees. The result is an expressive natural wine with a full, creamy texture, floral aromas, notes of honey and ripe fruit, and a distinctive hint of bitterness.”