Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 will appeal to all tastes because it offers an engaging insight into the freshness and fruitiness of the region’s flagship variety of the D.O. Rueda. It carries the quality guarantee of Marqués de Cáceres, a classic Rioja winery also present in this region of whites.
Consumption features
Pairing
Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 is a fresh and vibrant white, with very clean white fruit and a citrus note that makes it very easy to enjoy at the table. It pairs very well with Prawn Salad, Grilled Hake, Baked Seabass, Fish Risotto, Calamari à la Romano, and Soft Goats’ Cheese, because its balance and hint of grapefruit enhance delicate dishes without overshadowing them.
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General features
Making process
Winemaking
Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 embodies the fresh elegance of the D.O. Rueda with a precise and highly controlled vinification process. Originating from the own vineyards of Serrada and La Seca, the wine undergoes a winemaking process designed to preserve its aromatic potential to the maximum: the Verdejo grapes are cooled before gentle pressing, which takes place in an inert atmosphere without oxygen. Subsequently, the alcoholic fermentation occurs at a controlled temperature between 15 and 17 ºC, with different protocols depending on the vineyard zones and using various yeasts to extract the full potential of the variety. The result is a clean vinification, with a clear profile, crafted to highlight freshness, fruit, and precision.
Aging
In the D.O. Rueda, this Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 continues ageing on its fine lees, complemented by meticulous fining until stabilisation and bottling. This process helps to preserve its freshness and enhance its varietal expression.
Vineyard
Description
Are you looking for a white wine that expresses freshness, balance, and a clean fruitiness straight from the vineyard? Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 originates in the D.O. Rueda from estate-grown vineyards cultivated on the farms of Serrada and La Seca, where vines with moderate yields are tended using modern, environmentally friendly viticultural techniques. The soils are poor, stony, and sandy—conditions that promote precise ripening and preserve the vibrant character of the grape. The nocturnal harvest, carried out in cool temperatures, helps maintain its aromatic profile and natural liveliness. Made from Verdejo, this wine aims to offer an elegant and clear expression of the variety, with a sustained sense of freshness and a broad, tasty palate.
Viticulture
Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo 2025 comes from its own vineyards in Serrada and La Seca, where the winery carefully tends to vines with moderate yields using modern viticultural techniques that are environmentally friendly. Grown on poor, stony, and sandy soils, a sustainable viticulture approach is employed to preserve the natural balance of the estate and to foster a Verdejo with great freshness and varietal expression.
Tasting notes
Nose
The notes of Verdejo unfold with an elegant and subtle fragrance. White fruits emerge with a clean and fresh profile. Fine citrus nuances add vibrancy and precision. The overall impression is delicate, expressive, and well-balanced.
Mouth
Enjoy a good attack and a remarkable breadth on the palate, where the lively and tasty fruit marks the journey with balance and freshness, while a fine touch of grapefruit adds tension and an agreeable persistence at the end.
The winery
The origins of Marqués de Cáceres date back to the late 1960s, when the Valencian Enrique Forner decided to apply in Rioja the winemaking knowledge he had acquired in Bordeaux during his time at Château Camensac. To carry out his project, Forner sought the advice of the renowned oenologist Émile Peynaud.
The first measure taken by the Valencian was to convince the local grape growers from whom he purchased grapes that he only wanted healthy and ripe fruit. He then built a winery equipped with the most modern technology and revolutionized Rioja's winemaking tradition by implementing shorter aging periods than usual, using French oak barrels. Enrique Forner passed away in 2011, but today it is his daughter Cristina who, accompanied by a select group of professionals, keeps one of Spain's most prestigious Rioja wineries at the top.
In 2014, Marqués de Cáceres expanded its operations to the D.O. Rueda, acquiring 125 hectares of vineyards in La Seca and Serrada, planted with the verdejo and sauvignon blanc varieties. They also built a winery there. In 2019, they extended their reach to the D.O. Ribera del Duero, where they own the Finca La Capilla winery.