Description
Winemaker Notes
The wine displays a bright, pale straw color. Elegant, complex aromas come to the fore on the nose with notes of green apple, tangerine and grapefruit together with hints of stone fruit, such as peach, and nuances of white flowers and creamy vanilla. A gentle, smooth entry on the palate develops with lovely harmony and freshness to reveal volume, minerality and complex fruit flavor, followed by a long, crisp finish.
Blend: 40% Viura, 30% Grenache Blanc, 30% Maturana
Critical Acclaim
JS95
James Suckling
Structured, complex and layered white with medium body and a creamy, phenolic texture. Dried lemons, apricot stones, cedar, flint and sea salt. Long and evolving. Very fresh, too. Fantastic.
RP94
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The second vintage of their top white is the 2019 Flor de Muga Blanco, produced with a blend of 40% Viura from red limestone and clay soils, 30% Garnacha Blanca from classical clay and limestone and 30% Maturana Blanca planted on sandy soils. It fermented in small barrels with indigenous yeasts and then matured in concrete eggs for three months and new barriques built in their own cooperage for six months. The wine is 13.2%alcohol and has a pH of 3.2 with very good acidity. There are only 37 hectares of Maturana Blanca in Rioja, of which they have eight. It’s the same grape as the extinct Ribadavia variety from Galicia. The variety disappeared because it delivers very low yields, but they love the quality when it’s picked fully ripe when it still keeps very good acidity. The wine is still a little oaky and powerful, from a warm and dry year, but the palate is electric and almost salty. Rating: 94+
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