Luis Cañas Blanco (2017)

750mL / DOCa Rioja / Spain

Category: Wine
Sub-Category: White Wine

Tasting Notes:

Golden yellow colour.

Very intense on the nose, complex, with a good balance between ripe white fruit and notes of cedar and pastry over a smoky background.

Dense and unctuous on the palate, without any edges and a good balance between acidity and alcohol.

The length brings notes of ripe fruit and minerality.

Grapes:

85% Viura
15% Malvasía

Soils:

Mainly small plots with old vines characterised by being located in chalky-clay soils with low fertility, mainly on slopes and terraces, with an ideal microclimate and exposure to the sun which makes them unique.

Vinification:

Grapes harvested manually in small boxes then clusters selected by hand on the sorting table and subsequently, each individual berry is checked on a Mistral table, so that only those in perfect condition continue in the process.

Alcoholic fermentation in new barrels.

4 months ageing on its lees in a combination of new French oak (75%) and American oak (25%).