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Cune Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco is a fresh, approachable introduction to the richer side of white Rioja. Made entirely from Viura, it combines bright citrus, orchard fruit and delicate floral aromas with gentle toast and spice from fermentation in French and Hungarian oak.
Time on the fine lees adds smoothness and texture, but freshness remains at the heart of the wine. It's an excellent choice if you're curious about barrel-fermented white Rioja and want to experience the extra body and complexity oak can bring without moving into a heavier or more intensely oaked style.
Cune Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco offers an easy introduction to what barrel fermentation can bring to white Rioja. Fresh citrus, orchard fruit and floral notes remain clearly at the centre, while oak adds gentle toast, spice and extra texture rather than dominating the wine.
Made entirely from Viura, it has more body and complexity than a simple unoaked Rioja Blanco while retaining the freshness and drinkability that make it immediately approachable.
Merchant's Tip
If you've never tried a barrel-fermented white Rioja, this is a very good place to start. You can clearly taste the extra texture, toast and spice that the barrels bring, but there's still plenty of fresh fruit underneath. It gives you the character of the style without asking you to commit to one of the richer or more heavily oaked white Riojas.
Nose
Fresh orchard fruit, citrus and delicate white flowers with subtle toasted notes and gentle spice from the oak.
Palate
Fresh and rounded, with apple and citrus fruit supported by a smooth texture and restrained barrel-derived toast and spice. Lees ageing adds body without sacrificing the wine's lively character.
Finish
Clean and persistent, with fresh fruit, gentle spice and a subtle creamy, toasted character.
Choose this if you enjoy fresh white wine but would like a little more texture, richness and complexity. The oak is noticeable enough to change the character of the Viura, but it isn't intended to turn the wine into a particularly heavy or intensely oaked white.
It's especially useful if you're curious about barrel-fermented white Rioja but aren't yet sure how rich you want to go. If you'd rather compare the different expressions available, our Barrel-Fermented White Rioja collection is the better place to make that decision.
The wine is made entirely from Viura grown in several Rioja Alta vineyards, where relatively cool clay soils help the grapes retain freshness as they ripen. A short period of skin contact helps extract additional aroma before only the free-run juice is used for fermentation.
Rather than fermenting in stainless steel, the juice ferments in French and Hungarian oak barrels of different sizes and ages. Using a mixture of barrels allows the oak to contribute texture, gentle toast and spice without overwhelming Viura's fresh fruit and floral character.
The young wine then remains in contact with its fine lees, adding further smoothness and body. Together, barrel fermentation and lees contact explain why the wine feels broader and more textured than an unoaked Rioja Blanco while still tasting fresh and lively.
The combination of freshness and extra texture makes this particularly versatile with food. Try it with grilled or roasted fish, salmon, chicken, creamy pasta, mild curries or richer seafood dishes where a very light white could become overwhelmed.
Serve lightly chilled at around 10–12°C rather than refrigerator-cold, which will allow its fruit, texture and gentle oak character to show more clearly.
For more ideas, our Rioja Food Pairing Guide explores how different styles of Rioja work at the table.
This wine earns its place because barrel-fermented white Rioja doesn't have to mean a big, expensive or heavily oaked wine. Cune gives you a clear taste of what barrel fermentation adds to Viura while remaining fresh, approachable and easy to understand.
That gives it a particularly useful role in our range: it's the bottle we'd look towards when someone wants to begin exploring richer white Rioja before deciding whether the more substantial and ambitious expressions are for them.
If you like the combination of fresh white Rioja and added barrel complexity but want to see how much further the style can go, explore our Barrel-Fermented White Rioja collection.
If you're still deciding whether you prefer fresh, unoaked white Rioja or the richer character created by barrel fermentation, our White Rioja guide will help you understand the different styles before choosing a bottle.
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