Remelluri - Rioja Blanco 2022

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We made it back to Remelluri in 2025 for the first time in a few years, and once again I managed to buy a few bottles of the rare and sought after white wine from this beautiful property in Labastida de Alava. The field blend of grape varieties gives a complex and luscious unrolling of acacia blossom, sage, grilled spices, white pear, elderflower blossom, preserved lemons, everything vivid, taut and perfectly woven together. Telmo Rodríguez has been making Remelluri Blanco since the early 1990s (even if he spent a few years away before returning to the family property in 2010), and this is a wine with serious pedigree, that has more than proved its ageing ability. Always, always worth securing if you find a bottle.

This has aromas of citrus, crusted salt and touches of ginger, seashells and stony austerity. The palate is fleshy, fresh, bright and medium- to full-bodied, with concentration and creamy, almost phenolic tension that together with the bright acidity adds depth and dimension. Serious and structured but pleasant and approachable. A joy to drink, but will evolve favorably over the years.

Nine different varieties are used to produce this world-class white from the dream team of Telmo Rodríguez and Pablo Eguzkiza, with Garnacha Blanca in the driving seat complemented by various Spanish and French grapes excluding Viura. This is among the best-ever releases, with jasmine and honeysuckle aromas, a palate of aniseed, pear, white peach, lime and lemongrass and a dab of oak spices.

"The white 2022 Blanco, produced with vines at high altitudes (between 605 and 805 meters above sea level). It's ripe, expressive and aromatic, with notes of acacia flowers, white fruit and pepper. It's tender and juicy, with spiciness and a creamy twist and ripeness reflecting the character of the very dry and warm year with 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.24 and 5.68 grams of acidity. It has a round and fleshy mouthfeel. It mixes varieties and different vinifications and matured in used barriques, foudres and concrete eggs for one year."-Luis Gutierrez

  

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Price: $150.00

Sale Price: $129.00

3+ Price: $119.00 / btl

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Producer	Remelluri
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Subregion	La Bastida de Alava
Varietal	Grenache Blanc
Vintage	2022
Sku	25460
Size	750ml