There is a flinty and smoky twist in the 2022 El Transistor, a pure Verdejo from stony soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in barriques, foudres and concrete vats, where it matured after six or seven months. To keep the freshness, the whites from Rueda don't go through malolactic fermentation, and this kept a healthy level of acidity and pH (3.33), while the alcohol was 13%. This is rich without excess and fills your mouth, and it has the chalky texture from the limestone rich soils. Tasty. 13,902 bottles were filled in May 2023.

The grapes for the Rueda white 2021 El Transistor were picked one week later than in 2020, the 17th of September, because there was 35 liters of rain the week before, making it the rainiest year of recent times, with a total of 451 liters during the whole season. The juice from the whole clusters fermented in barrels, foudres, concrete and stainless steel vats, where it matured for six to seven months. It has always been produced with grapes from the same vineyard on very stony soils. In 2021, it has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.37. It's clean, fresh, medium-bodied and tasty, varietal and with the textbook bitter twist in the finish. A Rueda like they were in the past. 14,011 bottles were filled in May 2022.

The very pale 2020 El Transistor fermented in barrels, foudres and concrete and stainless steel vats, where it matured for six to seven months. It's always been produced with grapes from the same vineyard on very stony soils. This is subtle and austere, varietal and elegant, harmonious and balanced. It has herbal and floral notes and a tender palate and finishes with a faint bitter twist that I associate with the Verdejo. 14,535 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021.

The top Rueda 2019 El Transistor was cropped from a very healthy vintage that resulted in a wine with 13% alcohol and very good freshness. It fermented in a combination of barriques, foudres and concrete vats and matured there for a period of some six months. This is a lot more expressive and open than the Basa—varietal, clean and aromatic. The palate has an austere texture, with the classical bitter twist in the finish. 13,734 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2020, a mere couple of weeks before I tasted it.

The top wine from Rueda was also from the 2018 vintage, a cooler year in the zone, and the 2018 El Transistor showed quite fresh, fresher than the 2017, with notes of freshly cut grass and hay, what Verdejo used to be like in the past. The palate is serious and austere, with chalky minerality. I wish there were more Rueda wines like this one. 14,229 bottles produced.