In the glass
Aroma: lemon curd, almond, beeswax, fennel, saline
Palate: preserved lemon, toasted nut, mineral, savoury
A pure-Viura oxidative white aged four years in oak, lighter than Tondonia Blanco but with the same waxy, nutty, saline signature and remarkable freshness for its age.
What it pairs with
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Bacalao al pil pil
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Salt cod's gelatinous oil meets Gravonia's waxy, saline frame. -
Anchoa fresca
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Marinated anchovy and the wine's preserved-lemon savour echo the Basque coast. -
Roast hake
Oven-roast hake handles the white's nutty oxidative depth.
History
Gravonia is the pure-Viura white aged about four years in oak, a more affordable gateway to the house's oxidative white style.
- 1948 — Vina Gravonia introduced as the house Crianza white
Facts
- Producer
- R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia
- Grapes
- Viura (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 4 years in American oak barrels before release
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 22 to 35 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1948
Scores
- Vinous 93 (2014 vintage, reviewed 2021)