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Casa Lebai La Nava

"….full-bodied, precise and complex, with a superb core of old vine fruit, lovely mineral undertow and grip, zesty acids and impeccable balance on the long, vibrant and extremely classy finish. This is a great wine." —

John Gilman

Winery

CASA LEBAI

Appellation

Ribera del Duero D.O.

Grape(s)

98% Albillo Mayor – 2% (others) Single vineyard “La Nava” planted in 1940

Altitude/Soil

829 meters / sandy with gravel areas

Farming Methods

Practicing Organic

Harvest

Hand harvested in 16 Kg boxes

Production

fermented in concrete eggs vats

Aging

12 months in 500 l french oak barrels

Suggested Retail Price

120

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Casa Lebai La Nava 2020

95 (RP) 94 (TA) 93 (VfC)

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95	The Wine Advocate	The white 2020 La Nava is pure Albillo Mayor from a 0.36-hectare plot planted by their great-grandfather in 1935 on a slope with sandy soils—it's pretty apt for the variety and considered one of the best places for old vines in the village. It's an ambitious and Burgundian white that fermented and matured in 500-liter oak barrels in search of aging potential but keeping the finesse and agility and reflecting the soils. It has a spicy, toasty and smoky nose with contained ripeness and 13% alcohol and hints of white flowers and fruit. The palate is vibrant and fresh, with a pH of 3.28 and 6.15 grams of acidity. Unfortunately, there are only 650 bottles. It was bottled in September 2021. Drink 2023-2029 95 points Luis Gutierrez – The Wine Advocate Issue# January 2023
94	Tim Atkin MW	One of the discoveries of my tastings at the Consejo Regulador this year. Casa Lebai is the personal project of brothers Rodrigo and Asier Calo, whose parents own Bodegas Arrocal. Stylishly packaged, this comes from an 82-year-old vineyard that's co-planted with Albillo Mayor and 10% of other "ancestral" varieties. Textured and leesy, with some wood spices, yellow apple and grapefruit flavours and appealing palate length. 2023-27 Tim Atkins. Published 2022
93	View from the Cellar	The La Nava vineyard was planted to Albillo in 1940, so these vines celebrated their eightieth birthday in the 2020 vintage! There are only fifty cases of this wine produced, which is fermented in a concrete egg and raised for one year in a five-hundred-liter French oak demi-muid. The wine offers up a superb bouquet of pear, raw almond, gravelly soil tones, white lilies and a discreet touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with beautiful depth at the core, lovely soil undertow and grip, bright acids and excellent balance on the long and vibrant finish. This is one of the best white wines I have ever tasted from Ribera del Duero! 2023-2035. John Gilman - Issue #103 January/February 2023.

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Casa Lebai La Nava 2021

96 (RP) 94 (WE)

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96	The Wine Advocate	I almost died last year when they didn't show me the 2021 vintage of their white because they wanted to hold it, and I had to wait until now to taste the superb 2021 La Nava. It's from vineyards in the paraje (lieu-dit) in Gumiel del Mercado that names the wine—0.36 hectares planted in 1936 with a field blend that includes Albillo Mayor, Pirulés (Alarije) and Castellana Blanca grapes on sandy soils from which they produced an amazing white in 2020. This 2021 fermented in concrete and matured in two 500-liter barrels in an ancient cave for 12 months. It has a golden color and a complex and developed nose going beyond the primary notes, with dry flowers, white spices and wet chalk. It has 12.8% alcohol, a pH of 3.1 and 6.2 grams of acidity, from an early-ish harvest. It has contained ripeness and very good freshness, with the stuffing and balance between the components to age gracefully in bottle. It's has depth and complexity, and it's vibrant, very long and makes you salivate. This is notable, and more for a second vintage. Bravo! 1,270 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2022. Luis Gutierrez – The Wine Advocate; Jun 19, 2025
94	Wine Enthusiast	A blend of Albillo Mayor, Pirulés and Castellana Blanca, this wine has aromas of white peach, sage and jasmine. It is full on the palate, offering well-moderated acidity and peach, honeydew melon and rose petal, with a hint of dried hillside herbs in the vivid finish. Editors’ Choice. Mike DeSimone - Issue August - September 2024

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Casa Lebai La Nava 2022

94 (VfC) 93 (TA)

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94	View from the Cellar	Casa Lebai is located in the higher elevation town of Gumiel de Mercado, near Goyo Garcia and their vineyards are planted at 826 meters and benefit from the fine diurnal temperature swings and helps take the edge off of some of the heat of Ribera del Duero. The La Nava blanco is made from a parcel primarily planted to Albillo Mayor vines planted all the way back in 1936, with a bit of Castellana Blanca and Pirulés co-planted in the field blend. The vineyard has extremely thin topsoils. The wine is fermented in concrete eggs and raised in five hundred liter, French oak puncheons for twelve months prior to bottling. The 2022 La Nava comes in at an even thirteen percent octane and delivers a beautifully refined bouquet of pear, breadfruit, raw almond, white soil tones, dried flowers, a bit of wild fennel and a gentle framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied, precise and complex, with a superb core of old vine fruit, lovely mineral undertow and grip, zesty acids and impeccable balance on the long, vibrant and extremely classy finish. This is a great wine. 2025-2045. John Gilman, Issue 117, May– June 2025
93	Tim Atkin MW

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