Viña Ijalba Maturana Blanca 2024

Name: Viña Ijalba Maturana Blanca 2024 | Bine & Vine
Brand: Other White
Price: 31.99 USD
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$31.99

100% Maturana Blanca

This was once the only Maturana Blanca in the world, grown on two hectares owned by Ijalba. But, as with the once similarly-unique Graciano, it has spawned imitators. And with good reason! It is actually the variety with the oldest known written citation in Rioja, dating from 1622.

Faintly golden, opulently peachy on the nose, and then surprisingly stony and long on the palate, this is quite a character, that effortlessly withstands its classic Burgundian treatment.

As singular and obscure a wine as can be imagined!

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Categories: Other White, Region, Rioja, Spain, White, Wine Tags: Certified Organic, Maturana Blanca, Organic, Organic Farming, Rioja, Viña Ijalba, White

Viña Ijalba Maturana Blanca 2024

The first wine in the world made with the Maturana Blanca variety.

VARIETY: Maturana Blanca 100%.

ANALYTICAL INFORMATION: 13 % alcohol; 78mg/l total sulfur.

ELABORATION: Maceration and cold pressing for 4 hours, racking in cement lined for 36 hours. Fermented at a controlled temperature. Finished with an evolution of three months on the lees with a weekly stirring.

DESCRIPTION: Brilliant, golden-yellow with greenish hues. Tempting aromas of flint, roasted peaches and ripe tropical fruit in the nose. The mouth is full of flavor, very smooth. Elegant freshness and a formidable length.

STORING: : A wine ideal to drink young. However, this wine shows an interesting evolution in the bottle up to 3 years.

FOOD PAIRINGS: White meat, al dente vegetables, fresh goat’s cheese, seafood and bluefish.

Today’s wines are born from yesterday’s varieties. The Maturana Blanca appears for the first time referenced in Rioja in 1622. Its long history is a path of comings and goings, until it was practically extinguished a few years ago.

In its work to recover autochthonous varieties, Viña Ijalba began its organic cultivation until presenting this monovarietal. It is a very subtle wine, which surprises with its elegance and persistence on the palate.