Viña Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco 2020

Viña Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco is made from hand-picked Viura grapes. The vines are now 20 years old and are grown in various plots around Rioja Alavesa, mainly from Elciego and Laguardia. Once in the winery, they were held 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 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 enabled the team 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. Bright and clear pale yellow in color. 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 the fresh fruit is to the fore with balanced silkiness on the mid-palate and a long, fresh finish.

Wine File
Producer:
Viña Real
Country:
Spain
Region:
Ebro River Valley
Sub Region:
Rioja
Style:
White Wine
Primary Grape(s):
Viura
Bottle Size:
75cl
Alcohol:
13.0%
Closure:
Screw Cap
Vegan:
Yes
Contains Sulphites:
Yes
Units Per Bottle:
9.75
Regular Price
£11.50
Sale Price
£11.50
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The Producer Viña Real | Rioja Alavesa

Launched by C.V.N.E. in the 1920s, Viña Real became one of the pioneering wineries to make Crianza wines in oak barrels, as well as one of the first wineries to produce age-worthy wines in the Rioja Alavesa made from Tempranillo. A careful balance between tradition and modernity has defined Viña...

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Snaking between the Sierra de Cantábria mountains and the Sierra Demanda, the River Ebro and its tributaries have helped carve out vineyards that have been celebrated for at least two centuries. Rioja DOC/DOCa is a wine region that has traditionally carried Spain’s reputation for high quality wine production and is...

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Customer Reviews

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Disappointing

To be fair, just the first bottle of a few, but was dull and lifeless with suppressed flavour. Hoping the others prove me wrong as the crianza red is a joy.