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Tasting Notes
Bright and clear pale yellow in colour. On the nose it presents a good balance between the aromas coming from the variety and those coming from its stay in the barrel such as floral, fruity aromas of apple, pear and ripe banana together with pastry spices and light notes of aromatic herbs.
On the palate Vina Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco shows fresh fruit to the fore with balanced silkiness on the mid-palate and a long, fresh finish.
About
Viticulture: The vines for this Viura wine are 20 years old and come from various plots around Rioja Alavesa, mainly from Elciego and Laguardia. The soils are of cool chalky clay and the vines are bush trained and trellised.
Winemaking: The grapes were hand-picked at optimum ripeness. Once in the winery, they were held at 10‰C for 12 hours on their skins in order to extract more aromatic compounds and obtain better aromatic profile in the finished wine. Afterwards, a small pneumatic press was used to separate different fractions and qualities of must.
The free-run juice is used for making this wine, which is fermented in Hungarian oak barrels of differing capacities and ages (between 1 and 3 years old).
Once the alcoholic fermentation ended, the wine remained in barrel with its fine lees which were kept in suspension through battonage. Weekly tasting of the wine allowed us to keep track of its development and decide the best time to end lees contact.
At this point, the wine was racked, clarified and filtered before bottling.
Ideal with...
Grilled and Roasted White Meats, Fish/Shellfish, Pizza/Pasta ,Salads and Picnics, Mild Creamy Cheeses.
We can ship Vina Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco to all UK mainland addresses.
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