In the glass
Aroma: white peach, citrus, fennel, subtle toast, mineral
Palate: stone fruit, citrus, creamy texture, saline
A barrel-fermented prestige white blending Viura with Tempranillo Blanco: textured, savoury and mineral, one of the house's terroir-driven flagships.
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 saline richness. -
Roast hake
Oven hake handles the barrel-fermented depth.
History
Montes Obarenes is the house's prestige white, a barrel-fermented blend of Viura and Tempranillo Blanco.
- 2013 — Montes Obarenes established as the house prestige white
Facts
- Producer
- Gomez Cruzado
- Grapes
- Viura (60%), Tempranillo Blanco (40%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Fermented and aged in French oak with lees work
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 30 to 50 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4 to 15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2013
Scores
- Tim Atkin 93 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)