Trying A Grape That's New To Me

Bodegas Vi Rei is a Spanish winery on the island of Majorca. It's in the Balearic Sea portion of the Mediterranean, off Spain's eastern coast. They've been growing wine grapes there since a hundred years B.C. The grape which makes up this wine, Prensal Blanc, is native to the Balearic Islands. The estate is in Spain's Pla i Llevant DO

The 2022 Bodegas Vi Rei Prensal Blanc is labeled as Barrica 4 Meses, which means "barrel four months." This wine is also labeled as Edicion Limitada. Alcohol is reasonably low at 11.5% abv and the price wasn't bad, $19 at the Larchmont Village Wine, Spirits and Cheese Shop. I picked it up because I had never tried the grape before.

This wine is colored yellow with greenish tints. The nose has a great salinity to it, along with Meyer lemon and mineral scents. The palate also displays savory salinity, a bit of pepper, and an acidity with a zing. The salty taste lasts quite a while on the finish. I would have this Prensal Blanc with shrimp, crab cakes, scallops, and another order of those crab cakes, please.

Follow Randy Fuller on X