Luis Cañas Blanco (2017)
750mL / DOCa Rioja / Spain
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%).