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The Finca Antigua Viura Sobre Lías is made from from 100% estate Viura grapes, grown at 2700 ft above sea level and sourced from a single plot named, “El Palomar”. This wine is fermented at low temperatures and with skin contact to preserve and enhance the brilliant fruit and floral aromas of the Viura variety. Five months ageing sur-lie (Sobre Lías) adds further to the body and complexity of the wine. A wonderful lemon yellow in colour this wine offers intense aromas of apricot, peach, pear, fennel and those characteristic of white flowers (camomile, jasmine). Reminiscent of recently-cut hay and with light hints of smoke. The palate opens up with a silky, velvety mouthfeel that unfolds to a full body with backbone. 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The Finca Alto Cantabria earned a place on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 in 2012. Straw yellow in colour the wine offers intense fruity aromas of peach, apricot and white flowers, well-assembled with the spicy notes provided by the oak ageing. The palate is rounded and well-balanced and has a full, long and very persistent finish. 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This is an ideal match for grilled fish, salads and vegetables, as well as pastas and shellfish. A good choice for smoked food and creams. 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The intense floral aromatics, freshness and wonderful texture are the result of the high elevation plantings in lime and gravel soils, with good drainage. Basa derives its name from its red counterpart Baso, itself named after the country’s ancient 'Baso' (goblet) shaped bush-vines.[#intro]One of the world's best value white wines, a refreshing blend of Verdejo \u0026amp; Viura...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Telmo Rodríguez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32325174394947,"sku":"A22TRBASABLANCO-1","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/BasaNVBottle.jpg?v=1648056114"},{"product_id":"vi-a-real-barrel-fermented-rioja-blanco","title":"Viña Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eViña Real Barrel Fermented Rioja Blanco is made from hand-picked Viura grapes. The vines are now 20 years old and are grown in various plots around Rioja Alavesa, mainly from Elciego and Laguardia. Once in the winery, they were held for 12 hours on their skins in order to extract more aromatic compounds and obtain better aromatic profile in the finished wine. Afterwards, a small pneumatic press was used to separate different fractions and qualities of must. The free-run juice is used for making this wine, which is fermented Hungarian oak barrels of differing capacities and ages (between 1 and 3 years old). Once the alcoholic fermentation ended, the wine remained in barrel with its fine lees which were kept in suspension through battonage. Weekly tasting of the wine allowed enabled the team to keep track of its development and decide the best time to end lees contact. At this point, the wine was racked, clarified and filtered before bottling. Bright and clear pale yellow in color. On the nose it presents a good balance between the aromas coming from the variety and those coming from its stay in the barrel such as floral, fruity aromas of apple, pear and ripe banana together with pastry spices and light notes of aromatic herbs. 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All the grapes are manually harvested and the bunches carefully selected by hand in the winery. After gentle pressing the wine is aged for fourteen months in Bordelese French oak barrels. The first seven months with the lees, performing stirring twice a week and then following racking, seven months without the lees. A golden yellow lemony colour, Allende Rioja Blanco displays an elegant and subtle nose with citrus fruits notes (grapefruit)alongside stone-fruits (peach and greengage plum). The palate is plush  and intensely flavoured with well integrated oak and long persistent finish. 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The Viura grapes used to produce Monopole Clásico are all hand harvested from the Villalba de Rioja vineyard, near Haro in the Rioja Alta region. At the winery, the grapes were softly pressed, as they did in the '70s the must goes into concrete tanks for their debourbage, then into stainless steel tanks for the alcoholic fermentation. Once this is completed, the wine went with its lees into vats and barrels of 300 litres and 500 litres that have been previously used by two, three or more wines. The wine was then aged for around 8 months with regular tastings. The uniqueness of this wine lies in the contribution of a small quantity of manzanilla, developed by the traditional method of biological crianza under \"velo de flor\". Straw yellow in colour the nose is complex, with not only fruits such as pear, apple, white currant and white flowers but also dried fruits and spicy notes. On the palate there is salinity and an elegant acidity which provides freshness. 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The blend consists of Viura, Garnacha Blanca, Malvasía and Maturana Blanca grapes aged for 24 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels. Finca Valpiedra Rioja Reserva Blanco is creamy, fresh and perfumed, with a great balance between body and acidity. A limited edition wine perfect for cellaring and one of the best whites from Rioja . It pairs very well with grilled fish, poultry and small game dishes (partridge and pheasant). This white wine from Rioja also goes fantastic with medium-high curing cheeses and if you are looking for wines for paella, Finca Valpiedra Reserva Blanco is luxurious. 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They produce still wine as if they were a champagne house, crafting wines that are almost always blends which change every year, sometimes dramatically, not only with the grapes used, but also with the percentage ratios of those varieties. Due to the fact that they keep large quantities of older vintages, they also regularly blend vintages with each other. One of the champions of biodynamics in the region, this intriguing blend is matured in a combination of oak vats and barrels for a period of six months before bottling. 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