#viura
Bodegas Exopto
Horizonte de Exopto Rioja White Blend 2018
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
This is one of those few (and I do mean few) wines where it tastes better with #coravin than #uncorked With Coravin it has a lovely bouquet full of white flowers, citrus and hints of oak. Uncorked it just gets all acidic and looses the delicate complexity. Still, that being said...it is one of the better white #Rioja that I have tried and I’ve tried plenty. Reasonably priced. #macabeo #macabeu #viura #garnachablanca #grenacheblanc #malvasia — 4 years ago
Raventos i Blanc
De la Finca Conca del Riu Anoia Barcelona Macabeo-Xarel-lo-Parellada 2012
Nobody wants to say #petrol, but it's there. Is that the #macabeo / #viura ? #cava #dontcallitchampagne — 9 years ago
Hacienda Lopez de Haro (Bodega Classica)
El Pacto Viñedos de Altura Blanco 2020
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
#Viura or #Macabeo as it’s called in most parts of #Spain is a challenging grape to create excellent wine with. Only the older vines with more concentrated grapes and wines which include some barrel fermentation seem to conduct it towards elegance. This is a very lovely example of Macabeo — 3 years ago
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2000
Epilense de Vinos y Viñedos
Microsósmico Macabeo
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
This is a friend's #limited production (only 500 bottles) 100% #Viura #Macabeo from #aragon that has some of the characteristics and quality of a #whiteburgundy it has a little oak and is quite nice. The label is misleading and could be more elegant and not so psychedelic — 9 years ago
Suañé
Reserva Rioja Blanco White Blend 2016
C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España)
Monopole Rioja Blanco Viura 2015
#Viura a little richer and rounder than I remember. Starts out briny with melon, finishes with some pineapple/tangerine. Nice texture. — 8 years ago
Finca Nueva
Fermentado en Barrica Rioja Viura 2013
Wine 2 of 4 of the second Total Wine holiday world tour. This wine is 100% Viura, or Macabéo, a Spanish white grape grown primarily to supplement Cava sparkling wines or to use in blends. The Viura grape makes up to 90% of the still white wine produced in Rioja. It produces a medium acid wine meant to consume young. I drank this as an aperitif - not knowing how sweet it would run. But for the price point, not a bad table white wine for those who like a sweeter white wine. ~$16 | #totalwine #viura #rioja #whitewine
On the eyes: Golden yellow, bright, light stain, med- tears. No gas/floc.
On the nose: Lemon rind, floral notes, and granite with a slight bitter nuttiness. Med alcohol.
On the tongue: Med tannin, med acid, med alcohol, creamy and round. Muscadine, ripe peach, and clementine that finishes with mineralty. A bit of a cloying finish however - more so as it warms. — 9 years ago
MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
#rioja #viura — a year ago