In the glass
Aroma: green apple, lime, white flower, fennel, mineral
Palate: citrus, green apple, saline, racy
A rare varietal from Rioja's recovered Maturana Blanca: zesty, mineral and racy, a distinctive modern white from the family that revived the grape.
What it pairs with
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Anchoa fresca
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Marinated anchovy and the racy white are a Cantabrian natural. -
Gilda pintxo
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The salty skewer sharpens the wine's citrus bite. -
Grilled white fish
Simple grilled fish meets the zesty, saline frame.
History
Valdemar pioneered the revival of Maturana Blanca, one of Rioja's rarest white grapes.
- 2008 — Varietal Maturana Blanca released
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Valdemar
- Grapes
- Maturana Blanca (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Brief French oak ageing
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 18 to 30 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2 to 8 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
Scores
- Tim Atkin 90 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2022)