In the glass
Aroma: white peach, citrus, beeswax, fennel, mineral
Palate: stone fruit, citrus, creamy texture, saline
A barrel-fermented white from Viura and Malvasia: textured, savoury and mineral, a serious gastronomic white Rioja.
What it pairs with
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Bacalao al pil pil
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Salt cod's emulsified oil meets the creamy texture. -
Kokotxas de merluza
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Hake cheeks in pil pil echo the saline richness. -
Roast hake
Oven hake handles the barrel-fermented depth.
History
Allende Blanco is the estate's barrel-fermented white from Viura and Malvasia.
- 1998 — Allende Blanco introduced
Facts
- Producer
- Finca Allende
- Grapes
- Viura (85%), Malvasia Riojana (15%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Fermented and aged in French oak with lees work
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 20 to 35 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4 to 15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1998
Scores
- Tim Atkin 92 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)