Granja Nuestra Senora de Remelluri Blanco 2021
97pts Wine Advocate
The 2021 Blanco is a blend of varieties and places and is the first wine that expresses the special character of the Remelluri property. They used different vinification methods (concrete, foudre, barrique, all with indigenous yeasts), and the backbone here is the origin and not the process. It's not a shy white, showing power (14.14% alcohol) and the freshness of the altitude (605 to 805 meters above sea level) with a low pH (3.24). It comes from vines planted between 1989 and 2012 and is worked organically and biodynamically, with cover crops and horses. It has ripeness, notes of pollen and yellow fruit and a touch of smoke and spice, with a very balanced palate and great purity. It follows the path of elegance and freshness of the 2020, but it was a cooler and healthier vintage (in 2020, they had hail twice), and the wine shows more precision and finishes very clean. Pablo Eguzkiza compared it to 2016. 12,930 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2023. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034
There have been gradual changes in the wines from Remelluri since Telmo and Pablo Eguzkiza returned there in 2010. The new wines come from the 2020 harvest when they reduced quantities tremendously. They probably did less than 200,000 kilos of grapes in 2020; they had done up to 400,000 kilos in the past. There are only two reds and one white, plus the Yjar sold through the Bordeaux négociant system that I tasted in late January 2024. These are completely different from the wines produced in the past, and they don't have anything in common with the Lindes project. The two new reds, a first and a second wine are still unnamed, and the release date has not yet been decided.
97pts Guia Penin
Style: spicy, elegant, taut. Color: bright yellow. Aroma: dried flowers, candied fruit, fine lees, pattiserie. Flavour: round, spicy, long, great length, flavourful.
Vinification – Bunches are hand-selected in the vineyard and fermented with indigenous yeasts in wooden barrels and cement tanks of various sizes, with the different plots kept separate. These separate plots are then aged for 12 months in barrels, foudres, and 1200L concrete eggs. Afterward, the wine is blended and aged for a further eight months in oak barrels.
Site: Remelluri estate vineyards around the property in Rioja Alta, high elevations from 605m to 805m
Grapes: A blend of nine different varieties
Vine Age: 10-70+ years old
Soil: Limestone and clay calcareous with exposed bedrock
Vinification: Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in barrels and cement
Aging: 12 months in barrels, foudres, and concrete eggs, then eight months in barrels
Farming: Certified Organic
Original: $124.99
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$37.50
Description
97pts Wine Advocate
The 2021 Blanco is a blend of varieties and places and is the first wine that expresses the special character of the Remelluri property. They used different vinification methods (concrete, foudre, barrique, all with indigenous yeasts), and the backbone here is the origin and not the process. It's not a shy white, showing power (14.14% alcohol) and the freshness of the altitude (605 to 805 meters above sea level) with a low pH (3.24). It comes from vines planted between 1989 and 2012 and is worked organically and biodynamically, with cover crops and horses. It has ripeness, notes of pollen and yellow fruit and a touch of smoke and spice, with a very balanced palate and great purity. It follows the path of elegance and freshness of the 2020, but it was a cooler and healthier vintage (in 2020, they had hail twice), and the wine shows more precision and finishes very clean. Pablo Eguzkiza compared it to 2016. 12,930 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2023. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034
There have been gradual changes in the wines from Remelluri since Telmo and Pablo Eguzkiza returned there in 2010. The new wines come from the 2020 harvest when they reduced quantities tremendously. They probably did less than 200,000 kilos of grapes in 2020; they had done up to 400,000 kilos in the past. There are only two reds and one white, plus the Yjar sold through the Bordeaux négociant system that I tasted in late January 2024. These are completely different from the wines produced in the past, and they don't have anything in common with the Lindes project. The two new reds, a first and a second wine are still unnamed, and the release date has not yet been decided.
97pts Guia Penin
Style: spicy, elegant, taut. Color: bright yellow. Aroma: dried flowers, candied fruit, fine lees, pattiserie. Flavour: round, spicy, long, great length, flavourful.
Vinification – Bunches are hand-selected in the vineyard and fermented with indigenous yeasts in wooden barrels and cement tanks of various sizes, with the different plots kept separate. These separate plots are then aged for 12 months in barrels, foudres, and 1200L concrete eggs. Afterward, the wine is blended and aged for a further eight months in oak barrels.
Site: Remelluri estate vineyards around the property in Rioja Alta, high elevations from 605m to 805m
Grapes: A blend of nine different varieties
Vine Age: 10-70+ years old
Soil: Limestone and clay calcareous with exposed bedrock
Vinification: Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in barrels and cement
Aging: 12 months in barrels, foudres, and concrete eggs, then eight months in barrels
Farming: Certified Organic
