Valenciso Rioja Blanco 2023 e3 "élégant et aérien" says Pierre-Marie

"élégant et aérien" says Pierre-Marie (which very roughly translates as delicious :)

intense citrus fruit with notes of minerality and outstanding length

All parcels spent time on lees

You’d almost call that fruit molten

with a more pronounced structure and a lovely

Valenciso Rioja Blanco 2023 e3 "élégant et aérien" says Pierre-MarieIf you've clicked on this wine expecting a bottle of anemic grape juice swamped in oak, apologies you've come to the wrong place. Valenciso's Blanco is earth to glass white Rioja and a seriously gorgeous white Rioja to boot. It's crafted from 80 to 100 year old vines of Viura (70%) and Garnacha Blanca (30%), sourced from four highland vineyards around Haro and Villalba. After a wild ferment, the wine is aged on lees in Russian, steam bent, untoasted