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Alegre Valganon Rioja Blanco Viura Garnacha Blanco 2022
BOTTLE:
$61.00
In stock
SKU
93657
HALF-DOZEN: $347.70 or $57.95 each
DOZEN: $658.80 or $54.90 each
DOZEN: $658.80 or $54.90 each
The 2022 Blanco is 85% Viura and 15% Garnacha Blanco/Tempranillo Blanco, sourced from six vineyards planted in the Montes Obarenes, Rioja Alta. A portion of the wine (25%) is skin-macerated then aged for 10 months in barrels, foudres and concrete on lees. It offers an oaky core with a stewed green apple note and hints of candied peach. Dry, rich and fairly tannic due to the skins, the chalky palate lingers long with a ripe fruit character. JOAQUIN HIDALGO, Vinous
Just like the Alegre Clarete, the aromas are attractively minerally, but more like wet stones. There is skin contact, with some spices, apricots and pomelo. Supple, composed and quite calm, with a creamy mouthfeel on the medium-bodied palate. Fresh and fleshy, with a lengthy finish. Lots of minerals at the end. So irresistible now. ZEKUN SHUAI, JamesSuckling.com
The fruit is from old bush-vines from the Obarenes villages, Galbárruli (la Calera vineyard) and Fonzaleche (Bahiarra and Cara Santa Domingo), at around 600m altitude. Viura with 10% Garnacha Blanca. Very gently pressed, only 55% of the must is retained (4500 kg yielded just 2200 litres). A cool fermentation starts in vat and after a week continues in large French oak, where the wine stays nine months with weekly batonnage. 3.1pH. A long-lived, complex and great value white. It’s quiet, and gorgeous! Decant to assist the textural depth of the wine to express fully.
Just like the Alegre Clarete, the aromas are attractively minerally, but more like wet stones. There is skin contact, with some spices, apricots and pomelo. Supple, composed and quite calm, with a creamy mouthfeel on the medium-bodied palate. Fresh and fleshy, with a lengthy finish. Lots of minerals at the end. So irresistible now. ZEKUN SHUAI, JamesSuckling.com
The fruit is from old bush-vines from the Obarenes villages, Galbárruli (la Calera vineyard) and Fonzaleche (Bahiarra and Cara Santa Domingo), at around 600m altitude. Viura with 10% Garnacha Blanca. Very gently pressed, only 55% of the must is retained (4500 kg yielded just 2200 litres). A cool fermentation starts in vat and after a week continues in large French oak, where the wine stays nine months with weekly batonnage. 3.1pH. A long-lived, complex and great value white. It’s quiet, and gorgeous! Decant to assist the textural depth of the wine to express fully.