Bodega Alegre Valgañon
Las Llanas Rioja White Blend
La Rioja, Spain
Really nice weirdo : The vineyard is a field blend of Viura, Rojal, Calagraño and Garnacha Blanca. Lots of dried Apricots,peaches, lots of mineral.lil’ hint of vanilla.Almost Barley/Scotch like nose. “grown in very poor sandstone. There’s not enough fruit to put through a vertical press, so the wine ferments with skins but without stems and is pressed after 4 weeks of fermentation and maceration. One 400 litre barrel was filled and the wine aged here a while before resting in Clayber ceramic (24 months in total), and bottled unfiltered and unfined. Please decant. 530 bottles made”. Weirdo for sure. Evidently a rescued plot across from the bodega.
For a “one off” ( kinda) I think it’s a success. Especially after time in the glass it has a wonderful, viscous mouthfeel that I find in in quality Rioja Blancos. The folks on @cellartracker not so much. but then again, that might have been 5 folks.?
Thanks@rarewineco.
Really nice weirdo : The vineyard is a field blend of Viura, Rojal, Calagraño and Garnacha Blanca. Lots of dried Apricots,peaches, lots of mineral.lil’ hint of vanilla.Almost Barley/Scotch like nose. “grown in very poor sandstone. There’s not enough fruit to put through a vertical press, so the wine ferments with skins but without stems and is pressed after 4 weeks of fermentation and maceration. One 400 litre barrel was filled and the wine aged here a while before resting in Clayber ceramic (24 months in total), and bottled unfiltered and unfined. Please decant. 530 bottles made”. Weirdo for sure. Evidently a rescued plot across from the bodega.
For a “one off” ( kinda) I think it’s a success. Especially after time in the glass it has a wonderful, viscous mouthfeel that I find in in quality Rioja Blancos. The folks on @cellartracker not so much. but then again, that might have been 5 folks.?
Thanks@rarewineco.