Bodegas Basilio Izquierdo
Acodo Rioja Viura Garnatxa Blanca
La Rioja, Spain
N: Beeswax, lemon , petrol, ( wife gets bananas), straw, there’s an unidentifiable richness underneath, almost yeasty.
P: Bright, full mouth reminiscent of LdH, but grassier, almonds, yeasty tang. Yum.
80% Viura 20% Garnacha Blanca
Fermented in SS, then 8 mo on lees in tanks, then summer mos. Used French barrels. Weighty from the Garnacha but very mineral as well.
This is the Acodo Viura/Garnacha blend.
N: Beeswax, lemon , petrol, ( wife gets bananas), straw, there’s an unidentifiable richness underneath, almost yeasty.
P: Bright, full mouth reminiscent of LdH, but grassier, almonds, yeasty tang. Yum.
80% Viura 20% Garnacha Blanca
Fermented in SS, then 8 mo on lees in tanks, then summer mos. Used French barrels. Weighty from the Garnacha but very mineral as well.
This is the Acodo Viura/Garnacha blend.