Frey Outono Branco 2015
- Region
- Portugal » Douro DOC
- Type
- white still, dry
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2015
- Grapes
- Godello, Cerceal, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
- Alcohol
- 13
- Sugar
- 1
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
Ratings
Sometimes fate throws you a bone. This unicorn (403 bottles total) disappeared from Ukrainian shelves 4+ years ago, then someone pours it blind. My brain went everywhere - old-school white Rioja first, something with a decade on it. Then Chablis, Carricante, northern Spanish autochthons… I was properly lost until Portugal clicked. My experience there is embarrassingly thin, but these slightly natural notes layered over age and clear oxidation triggered one specific memory - a wine I'd been dreaming of tasting again. Pure luck it was actually the Frey.
The wine itself? Gorgeous. Salt-spray maritime character meets beautiful oxidation - honey and bruised apples - but then this wild touch of tuzluk with dill sneaks in. Proper ayran vibes in the nose, if that makes any sense. The palate has everything dialled in: long, deep, evolving structure with iodine-salt edges running through its rich core. This isn't a wine you dissect into descriptors - you just let it happen to you.
Sophisticated and sexy wine. Iodine, shells, pear, green apple, cream. Precise and nuanced. Perfectly balanced, multilayered, oily, fresh with long finish. Flavours of apple, oysters and crème brûlée. Considering rarity of this wine (only 403 bottles producer), I count myself lucky to taste it more than once.
Wonderful wine. Sea, shells, pear, iodine and candy. Perfectly balanced, refreshing, delicate with long evolving finish. Unique, rare (403 bottles) and tasty.
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