In the glass
Aroma: wild strawberry, pink grapefruit, white flower, herb
Palate: redcurrant, citrus, saline, fine texture
A gastronomic single-varietal Mazuelo rose with partial oak, pale and savoury rather than sweet, made for the table.
What it pairs with
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Gilda pintxo
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The anchovy-olive-guindilla skewer's salt sharpens the rose's redcurrant lift. -
Pintxos de autor
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A versatile dry rose for a varied pintxo spread. -
Grilled prawns
Charred shellfish meets the wine's saline citrus.
History
Primer is the estate's modern single-varietal Mazuelo rose, made with partial oak to give a serious, gastronomic style.
- 2019 — Primer Rosado launched as a single-varietal Mazuelo rose
Facts
- Producer
- Marques de Murrieta
- Grapes
- Mazuelo (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Partial fermentation and ageing in French oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 18 to 28 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2 to 6 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2019
Scores
- Tim Atkin 91 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2022)