Spain

Rioja

Medium

Cork

White

Reserva

Classically aged 100% Viura with an oxidative character that is immediately appealing. The fruit is from vines at least 45 years old at 430m-500m near Haro – the fossil shells in the clay-limestone soils are known as hinia. It is made in a more traditional style and it works – the 2021 was fermented and left on its fine lees for 30 days, then rested for 10 months before transferral to 225L French oak barrels where it was refined for a further 26 months. Lemon and citrus peel combine with delicate floral aromas and well-integrated nougaty oak that opens to a structured palate, framed by coffee and caramel, savoury oak. It is ready to drink, but will age gracefully. Wonderfully evocative.

Viura

Martínez Lacuesta, Hinia Reserva Blanco, Rioja, Alta, Northern Spain, Spain, 2021

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Classically aged 100% Viura with an oxidative character that is immediately appealing. The fruit is from vines at least 45 years

Martínez Lacuesta, Hinia Reserva Blanco, Rioja Alta, Spain 2021

75cl

Beth Willard

Martínez Lacuesta

Northern Spain

Martínez Lacuesta, Hinia Reserva Blanco, Rioja, Alta, 2021

Still

Martínez Lacuesta, Hinia Reserva Blanco, Rioja Alta, Spain 2021

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