95 points “A white with pretty vanilla toasted-wood cooked-apple and lemon character. Medium to full body creamy texture and a flavourful finish. One of the benchmark whites for Rioja. 16 months in French oak and so balanced. Drink or hold.” – James Suckling
94 points “The palate is textured rich and serious with a chalky sensation and a long dry and tasty almost salty finish. This should make a nice bottle of aged white Rioja.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Rioja Blanco is exceptionally rare. Only 10% of the entire region’s wines are white. And when it’s a Reserva that comes from a single vineyard owned by one of the oldest and most highly respected bodegas it’s like finding a hen’s tooth with a gold crown on it.
Marqués de Murrieta’s Viura grapes are hand-harvested from the highest point of the Ygay Estate (home of the legendary Ygay Gran Reserva red). Capellanía is then aged for 16 months in French oak and the result is quite simply one of Spain’s finest white wines.
Nutty smoky and creamy; it’s overflowing with sandalwood dried flowers dried apricot ripe peach antique furniture vanilla cream nutmeg and pastéis de nata. Delight in this wine alongside something rich think oozing cheese foie gras truffles duck or tapas.
SKU No.: 3402520
Style No.: 866596
Region: Rioja
Grapes: Viura
Closure: Cork
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 13.5%
Volume: 750ml
Allergens: Sulphites
95 points “A white with pretty vanilla toasted-wood cooked-apple and lemon character. Medium to full body creamy texture and a flavourful finish. One of the benchmark whites for Rioja. 16 months in French oak and so balanced. Drink or hold.” – James Suckling
94 points “The palate is textured rich and serious with a chalky sensation and a long dry and tasty almost salty finish. This should make a nice bottle of aged white Rioja.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Rioja Blanco is exceptionally rare. Only 10% of the entire region’s wines are white. And when it’s a Reserva that comes from a single vineyard owned by one of the oldest and most highly respected bodegas it’s like finding a hen’s tooth with a gold crown on it.
Marqués de Murrieta’s Viura grapes are hand-harvested from the highest point of the Ygay Estate (home of the legendary Ygay Gran Reserva red). Capellanía is then aged for 16 months in French oak and the result is quite simply one of Spain’s finest white wines.
Nutty smoky and creamy; it’s overflowing with sandalwood dried flowers dried apricot ripe peach antique furniture vanilla cream nutmeg and pastéis de nata. Delight in this wine alongside something rich think oozing cheese foie gras truffles duck or tapas.
SKU No.: 3402520
Style No.: 866596