Valenciso Rioja Blanco 

Rioja, Spain 

13.5% Abv 

Like all Valenciso wines this has texture, poise, minerality, elegance and structure – a beautifully crafted wine.

Tasting Notes

Complex aromas combining floral characters with preserved lemon and gently smoky notes. The palate is intense and broad with nuts, stone fruit, minerality and balancing citrus acidity on the finish. Will continue to develop in the bottle.

Food match

A white wine that will benefit from decanting. Serve with hake, saffron and mustard mash.

Vinification

Grapes are sourced from 80 year old vines on clay, stone soil in the North of the Rioja Alta area - these vineyards are of outstanding quality. Sustainable viticultural practices are followed. Fermented in stainless steel for around 24 hours until fermentation begins (using indigenous yeasts) then transferred to 225 litre Caucasian oak barrels for 9 months.