Contino 'San Gregorio' Rioja Blanco 2021

Golden yellow in colour, clean and bright. This is a supremely elegant, complex white that has enticing floral , citrus and toasted nut aromas. Very good acidity and a delicate mouth feel. Fruity finish with persistent freshness. Try with grilled sea bass or sardines.

The Viñedos del Contino winery produces the wine Contino San Gregorio Blanco, aka Contino Blanco, from vineyards grown near the Ebro river. This blended Spanish white wine from La Rioja is a blend of 80% Viura - sourced from three parcels: Lentisco, San Gregorio La Tabla and Finca Santa María, planted with 30 to 40-year-old vines - and 20% White Grenache, coming from Pago Las Anchas, a parcel planted with 40-year-old vines

After a manual harvest, the grapes were macerated with the skins, drawn-off, pressed and separately fermented in stainless steel tanks for about three weeks. Once the process was completed, a 30% of this Crianza white wine was transferred into concrete diposits, and the rest went into new and used French oak barrels of different sizes. After that, the wine Contino San Gregorio Blanco 2021 was aged for 12 months on its lees.

The Garnacha Blanca comes from the calcareous clay soils of the San Gregorio Encina plot on the Contino Estate in Rioja Alavesa, which was planted in 1980. The Viura comes from different parts of the estate, from the alluvial, old pago of Lentisco, from the stony San Gregorio La Tabla and from La Finca de Santa María. All of these vines are between 35 and 40 years old.