Botani Sierras de Malaga Moscatel Old Vines 2025 750ml

One of the best values in wine. This is the wine that really tells the story of Botani. Botani helped reintroduce the idea of dry Moscatel from Málaga, taking a grape historically associated with the region's famous sweet wines and showing just how serious it could be when fermented completely dry. The 2025 comes from dozens of tiny north-facing parcels around Almáchar and El Borge, with many vines planted between the 1940s and 1970s on slopes reaching 70%. The grapes are harvested by hand, gently pressed, fermented in stainless steel and aged on their lees. It is intensely aromatic—orange blossom, jasmine, peach, apricot, citrus and exotic fruit.. It is dry, bright and mineral, with a beautiful saline streak running through all that Moscatel perfume.

94 points JD: “Bone-dry, the 2025 Botani Moscatel Old Vines comes from the most mountainous appellation in Spain and is all dry-farmed, goblet-trained Moscatel de Alejandria grown across 54 small plots planted between 1946 and 1975. The slippery slate and schist soils contribute floral aromatics, apricot purity, and lovely acidity to the light-bodied, layered wine, explosive in fresh acidity, stainless-fermented and kept on the lees for six months. Drink now through 2032”  ~VB