Artadi Viñas de Gain Blanco 2018
£17.56 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Bodegas y Viñedos Artadi
Rioja
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The white 2018 Viñas de Gaín Blanco comes from a number of vineyards in Laguardia and Elvillar at 450 to 700 meters in altitude on clay and limestone soils. In this rainy and cooler year, it fermented with some skins and then matured for two years and four months in stainless steel (plus a handful of barrels) and finished with 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.33. It has a strong and acute note of fennel and aniseed, white flowers and musk, with a lively palate from the cool vintage, balanced and with purity, without very showy aromas, a white for food. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2020. In 2020 and 2021, there will be a little less white wine, as they have added some white grapes to the reds.
Features
Type of wine
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
13.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Fermented in barrels and aged in stainless steel vats for 24 months.
Description
Artadi Viñas de Gaín Blanco is an exquisite white wine made in La Rioja with the white grape variety Viura from several vineyards located in the municipalities of Laguardia and Elvillar.
It comes from vineyards located at an altitude of 450 metres above sea level, on clay-limestone soils.
This wine is the perfect accompaniment to complex salads, baked white fish, Iberian acorn-fed ham, fish stew, risottos, grilled seafood and fish rice dishes.
Preparation
The grapes are harvested and selected by hand in the vineyard and transported to the winery in 15 kg crates. Once in the winery, it is partially fermented in barrels for 30 days. At the end of fermentation, it remains in stainless steel tanks for two years.
Taste
Artadi Viñas de Gaín Blanco is lively and unctuous on the palate, with a voluminous passage . With good acidity and personality and notes of grilled bread and a savoury bitterness.
A pleasant, versatile, delicate and subtle wine.
This is a white wine with personality, delicate, subtle with the minerality and slenderness of Viura. Born from grapes planted in vineyards treated with environmentally friendly agriculture and a smooth and pleasant texture. It presents an adequate acidity and an exquisite bitterness.
It is a very versatile wine, providing great possibilities as an accompaniment at the table with the energy to become a wine for ageing.
And you, have you tried this delicious and delicate wine? Tell us what you think!
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Bottles | Price | Over £168.47 |
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1-6 | £5.81 | £0.00 (-£5.81) |
7-12 | £5.81 | £0.00 (-£5.81) |
13-17 | £10.87 | £0.00 (-£10.87) |
18 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
19-23 | £13.39 | £0.00 (-£13.39) |
24 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
25-29 | £16.68 | £0.00 (-£16.68) |
30 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
31-35 | £19.29 | £0.00 (-£19.29) |
36 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
37-41 | £22.66 | £0.00 (-£22.66) |
42 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
43-47 | £24.34 | £0.00 (-£24.34) |
48 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
49-53 | £28.56 | £0.00 (-£28.56) |
54 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
55-59 | £30.24 | £0.00 (-£30.24) |
60 | Free | £0.00 (Free) |
VAT included |