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2023 Ontañón 'Kaori' Rioja Viura 750mL

Bodegas Ontañón

2023 Ontañón 'Kaori' Rioja Viura 750mL

Sale price$25.00
76 in stock

Kaori is Japanese for "fragrance," and this white is built to protect it. The Viura, with a touch of Maturana Blanca and Garnacha Blanca, comes from vineyards above 600 meters in Ausejo and on the slopes of the Sierra de Yerga. It's picked early in the morning, and only the first pressing makes the cut. After a slow, cool fermentation in steel, it spends just three months in American oak on its fine lees. That's enough for a round texture and a finish of white pepper and toast, without losing the lift.

Producer
Bodegas Ontañón
Style
White
Grape
Origin
Rioja, Spain
Classification
DOCa
Farming
Sustainable
Winemaking
Early harvest by hand. First press juice only, then natural static settling for two days. Fermented in stainless steel at 57°F for about 19 days with its lees. Rested three to four days to shed gross lees, then aged three months on fine lees in first and second use American oak, then a further four months in new oak barrels before bottling. Blend is 90 percent Viura with small amounts of Maturana Blanca and Garnacha Blanca.
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Bodegas Ontañón

For generations, the Pérez family grew grapes high on the Sierra de Yerga and sold them to other wineries. In the early 1980s, Gabriel Pérez broke with that: he kept the fruit and made the wine himself. With his wife, Mari Luz Cuevas, he had been quietly buying vineyards around Quel since the seventies. Today the family farms about 250 hectares, much of it at altitude, where cold nights keep the grapes fresh.

Gabriel's newest project brings the story home. Queirón is a gravity-fed winery he spent a decade building around an old cave in Quel's 18th-century cellar district, where wine has been documented since 1327.
In the glass
NoseHoney, wax, grapefruit, white flowers, white pepper, toasted spice
PalateGrapefruit and honey, wax, white flowers, white pepper, toasted spice, bright acidity
FinishLong, white pepper and toasted spice
TextureRound, textural, bright acidity
ServingServe at 50°F. No decanting.
ABV
12.5%
Pairs with
Lemony roast chicken with herbs; Garlic shrimp; Tortilla española with aioli; Pan-seared halibut with olive oil and lemon; Roasted cauliflower with almonds and lemon.
Blend
Viura, Maturana Blanca, Garnacha Blanca
Terroir
High altitude sites above 600 m elevation in Rioja Oriental.
2023 Ontañón 'Kaori' Rioja Viura 750mL
2023 Ontañón 'Kaori' Rioja Viura 750mL Sale price$25.00