Lairén and Moscatel. Stone fruit, white flowers. Pairing: fish, salads and Japanese food.

• Exhibitor: BODEGAS CARPE DIEM
• Brand name: MONTESPEJO BLANCO JOVEN
• Sector: DO Sierras de Málaga

PREPARATION: Lairén (70%) and Moscatel (30%). Cold maceration for 12-18 hours. Only the flower juice extracted at low pressures, settled by cold decantation, is used. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of around 10-12ºC. Once the alcoholic fermentation is complete, it is kept with its lees in suspension for 3 months to obtain a wine with more fat and volume on the palate. TASTING TASTE: Straw white color with greenish hues. Clean and bright, with an oily appearance. On the nose it is frank and clean with high intensity in which stone fruit, white flowers predominate, an important varietal reminiscence of muscatel, candied fruit, honeyed notes and spring field herbs. On the palate it is light and cheerful with volume and fat. With a long and fresh aftertaste. PAIRING: fish, shellfish, salads and vegetables, Japanese food. Optimum consumption temperature between 7º and 10ºC.

Bodegas Carpe Diem is located in the Malaga municipality of Mollina, in the north of the province of Malaga. It is located in the Antequera region, with a population close to 5,000 inhabitants. The winery has a surface area of ??20,000 m2 and a capacity of 5,040,000 liters for red, white and sweet wines, and a capacity of 250,000 liters for wines from American oak and French oak barrels. Bodegas Carpe Diem has an exquisite variety of wines under two denominations of origin: D.O.P. Málaga, for naturally sweet wines and liqueur wines, such as Carpe Diem; and D.O.P. Sierras de Málaga, for white, red and rosé wines, such as Montespejo. Bodegas Carpe Diem was born as a result of the acquisition of the historic Bodega Scholz for aging and solera wines originally located in the capital of Malaga. From 1977 to 1993, bulk wine was marketed for different wineries in the province. In 1993, as a result of the initiative and intense work of the Virgen de la Oliva Andalusian Agricultural Cooperative Society and its partners, Bodegas Carpe Diem was created and the first bottled wines were launched on the market by the variants Gadea Tinto, Montespejo Blanco and the Carpe Diems.