CERRO LA ISA BLANCO
GRAPE: Garnacha B Viura Malvasía Turruntés
APPELLATION: Rioja DOCa
VINIFICATION:
After manual destemming, the grapes are pressed in a small vertical press Subsequently, a static settling is carried out, carrying out the fermentation at 16 º C, in new 500 liter barrels from one of the best oaks in France
TASTING NOTES:
Notes of peach and biscuit stand out with a very well integrated wood on the nose On the palate it is very voluminous and glyceric acid and fresh with abundant structure and enormous persistence
FOOD PAIRING: Rice dishes with fish, seafood and sushi, avocado and shrimp, bagel with smoked salmon, boiled lobster Meat or tuna tartar
RATINGS HISTORY:
- 95 Pts by Tim Atkin; Vntg 2021, 2020,2019
- 94 Pts by Robert Parker (WA); Vntg 2019.
Tech Sheet:
PRODUCER: Located in Rioja Alta, one of the best-known wine-producing regions of Spain. This winery, operated in the town of Baños de Río Tobía (Rioja Alta) by Juan Carlos Sancha, a professor of enology at the University of La Rioja, is situated on five hectares of land along the border of D.O.Ca. Rioja, and in the coldest zone of this wine denomination.
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