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Conde Valdemar Rioja Blanco Finca Alto Cantabria 2021
£185.15
Current Price (inc. Tax)
6 bottle(s) at £30.86 per bottle.
In stock
SKU
QBK601310-21
Conde Valdemar Rioja Blanco Finca Alto Cantabria 2021
- Grape Viura 100%
- Country Spain
- Region Rioja
- ABV 13%
- Producer Conde Valdemar
- Case size 6/ 75cl
- Straw-yellow colour with greenish hues, clean and bright. It displays intense aromas of white flowers such as acacia blossom and white fruits such as melon and pear, with fine smoky notes and a delicate background of nuts like hazelnut. It is complex, rich, and full-bodied on the palate, with a tasty and saline taste characteristic of the limestone soil of the Alto Cantabria vineyard. Long and exquisite aftertaste. This wine perfectly matches appetizers like sushi, foie grass, and shellfish. It goes great with baked white meats, white sauce pasta, roasted vegetables, and risotto.
- Awards
- 95 pts Tim Atkin
Analytical data
dry
1.0 g/l residual sugar
5.47 g/l acidity
3.23 pH
This is the Valdemar Family’s most unique jewel. Our commitment and respect for the great white wines of Rioja.
By blending noble vines aged for over 40 years and high-quality soil, this white wine native to the exclusive Alto Cantabria vineyard will make you feel unique. It is an unforgettable wine with an overwhelming character.
It represents our finest example, showing that we were pioneers in making white plot wines with our traditional grape varieties. This wine has an exquisite silky and elegant touch due to its fermentation and ageing in French oak barrels, which is hard to achieve with other grape varieties.
Grapes are hand-harvested in small crates and placed in a cold room at the winery to ensure balance. Once the free-run juice is obtained, a partial fermentation occurs in stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels. Finally, the wine is aged on its lees for 6 months in French oak barrels with weekly battônage to break the lees and enhance its velvety texture.
| Price | £154.29 |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | The roots of Bodegas Valdemar go back to 1889, and Joaquin Martínez Bujanda, and it remains an independent estate committed to using 100% estate-grown fruit – a very unusual strategy in Rioja. Sourcing only from 290 hectares of estate vineyards has allowed Valdemar to keep quality consistent and experiment in great detail with different sites and obscure grape varieties. The range of wines makes the most of this consistency and flexibility, from unoaked entry-level Riojas bursting with flavour to dense, complex rarities that offer even the most hardened aficionado something new. Valdemar’s single-site expressions are of particular note. The high altitude Balcón de Pilatos vineyard perfectly suits the rediscovered Maturana grape. A little lower altitude, Las Seis Alhajas is warm enough to bring the late-ripening Graciano to full maturity. These highly polished wines, made and aged in their dedicated winery, perfectly demonstrate the region’s growing trend for producing site-specific wines of character and distinction. |
| Keywords | Valdemar, Rioja, Cantabria |
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