Kalamity Blanco 2022
HK$ 1,120.58
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There's now a white Kalamity. The 2022 Kalamity White, produced with grapes from the same vineyards as the red Kalamity, plus a young vineyard planted with a massal selection, is mostly Garnacha Blanca and Maturana Blanca—the final wine is approximately 60% Viura, 10% Calagraño, and the rest is a mixture of Torrontés, Garnacha Blanca, Maturana Blanca and Malvasía Riojana. The full clusters were pressed, and the juice was fermented with indigenous yeasts and went through 10 months of aging in 600-liter French oak barrels. It has a subtle and delicate nose, with notes of white flowers and fruit, wild herbs and a touch of pollen. The palate is medium-bodied, fine-boned and velvety, with very good freshness and balance and great purity of flavors. Not a shy white, it hits the scale at 14.5% alcohol but has a pH of 3.3.
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Appellation
Alcohol
13.5%
Grapes
Viura, Calagraño, Torrontés, Malvasía, Maturana Blanca, Garnacha Blanca
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Fermented and aged with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation and malolactic fermentation completed in 600-litre French oak barrels.
Description
Oxer Bastegieta was never a conventional winemaker. When he came to Rioja Alavesa from the Basque Country, he did so with a clear idea: to explore the marginal, the forgotten, the authentic. Thus was born Kalamity Blanco, a white wine that shares its origins with its namesake red. On the same plot, among Tempranillo and Garnacha vines, white varieties such as Viura, Calagraño, Torrontés, Malvasía Riojana, Maturana Blanca and Garnacha Blanca grow mixed. There is no modern logic in this plantation; there is history, chance, intuition. Once, after a frost affected part of the vineyard, Oxer decided to vinify the white crop as well: he believed that this climatic stress would translate into character. And he was right.
Winemaking
In the poor, chalky soils of Rioja, Kalamity Blanco is born with a clear identity. The grapes are harvested by hand, gently pressed in whole bunches, seeking purity. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts, and the wine is aged for 10 months in 600-litre French barrels, Burgundy style. Ageing on lees, with moderate bâtonnage, adds volume without losing freshness. It is bottled unfiltered, with 13.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.4. Only 3,100 bottles are produced.
Taste
Aromatically, Kalamity Blanco is subtle but expressive: white fruit (pear, yellow apple), pollen, citrus peel and mild spices (dried ginger, nutmeg). There is a slight hint of smoke and brioche, the result of its discreet ageing. The palate is dry, with firm acidity and a chalky texture reminiscent of crushed stone. The palate is vibrant, with good structure, without fat or artifice. The finish is long, saline, with notes of bitter almond, dried fennel and an echo of ripe white fruit.
It is a white wine to drink carefully or to keep for a few years. It does not seek to be indulgent, but honest, complex and full of tension. Ideal for those looking for Rioja white wines, with soul, closer to the soil than to the flower.
Shipping to Hong Kong
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| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
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| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
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| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 139.70 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
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