In the glass
Aroma: white peach, citrus, fennel, subtle toast, mineral
Palate: stone fruit, citrus, creamy texture, saline
A barrel-fermented modern white Rioja from old Viura with field varieties: textured, savoury and mineral, showing the estate's hand with whites.
What it pairs with
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Bacalao al pil pil
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Salt cod's emulsified oil meets the white's creamy texture. -
Kokotxas de merluza
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Hake cheeks in pil pil echo the wine's saline richness. -
Roast hake
Oven hake handles the barrel-fermented depth.
History
Predicador Blanco is the estate's barrel-fermented white, made from old Viura with a little Garnacha Blanca and Malvasia.
- 2008 — Predicador Blanco introduced
Facts
- Producer
- Bodega Contador
- Grapes
- Viura (70%), Garnacha Blanca (15%), Malvasia Riojana (15%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Fermented and aged in French oak with lees work
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 18 to 30 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3 to 12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
Scores
- Tim Atkin 92 (2020 vintage, reviewed 2022)