Viña Gravonia 2016
HK$ 533.19
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2016 was a superb vintage in Rioja, and the 2016 Viña Gravonia Blanco, which has the cellar aroma that all the wines, especially the whites, have, due to the longer time the wines spend in barrel. The white vines in this vineyard are now 92 years old and their juice was fermented in old oak vats with indigenous yeasts. They explained, 'We have never used selected yeasts.' It was matured in their well-seasoned American oak barrels for four years. It's paler than any of the other whites, and it has a little less pungency, with very good freshness. It's elegant, subtle, clean and ethereal. They had good yields and a good climatic year. 42,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2022. I give these wines a conservative drinking window, but they will probably last much longer.
Features
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Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 4 years in French oak barrels.
Description
Viña Gravonia is a white wine made from 100% Viura grapes. This wine was created by the Bodega López de Heredia Viña Tondonia in the D.O.Ca. La Rioja.
The grapes with which this wine is produced come from the Viña Gravonia vineyard, which has 24 hectares, and was planted 45 years ago.
The vineyard is located on diverse soils ranging from alluvial to clay-limestone, with the presence of gravel and boulders and a microclimate with an Atlantic influence.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand, bunch by bunch, and transported to the winery in comportas, poplar wood containers shaped like cone-shaped trunks. Once in the winery, the grapes are crushed by a steamroller to release the must.
The must ferments in large 60-hectolitre oak vats.
The ageing process lasts 4 years in oak barrels, with 2 rackings per year. The wine is then clarified with fresh egg whites and bottled unfiltered.
Taste
In the mouth it is fruity, complex, evolved, very fine, fresh and with a tremendously long finish.
A wonderful and unique white wine from La Rioja
Viña Gravonia owes its name to some vineyards that the López de Heredia winery owns some 200 metres away, acquired by the great-grandfather of the current managers of this Rioja winery. This magnificent white wine presents a style that shows the fresh and mineral character of this Rioja vineyard.
In the gastronomic field it is the perfect accompaniment to dishes such as: cooked, fried or grilled fish, seasoned fish, grilled seafood, white meats with consistent sauces and pasta.
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