Bodegas Pedro Martínez Alesanco
Blanco
La Rioja Alta, La Rioja, Spain
Crisp and clean with good texture.
Crisp and clean with good texture.
Jun 22nd, 2022
Bone dry, bracing mineral acidity and crisp green apples. A solid shellfish wine at a nice price ($10).
Bone dry, bracing mineral acidity and crisp green apples. A solid shellfish wine at a nice price ($10).
Dec 23rd, 2014
For the price👍🏼
Winery notes as follows
Based in the Southern Rioja Alta village of Badarán, Martínez Alesanco is bodega producing expressive, regionally specific wines at very reasonable prices. They are entirely self reliant in grapes, all of which are grown in their home village of Badarán, one of the coldest zones of Rioja Alta. The vineyards are closer to the Sierra de la Demanda mountains, a range whose elevation and snow-covered peaks are even more dramatic than the Sierra Cantabria range to the north. Martínez Alesanco's Blanco is made from equal parts Viura, White Tempranillo, Malvasia, and Sauvignon Blanc in iron-rich clay soils. In fact, this red-tinged, iron-laden clay marks the wines as noticeably as it does the homes and structures of this structures of this off-the-beaten-path, soulful Rioja village. Given the coolness of the harvest combined with Badarán's unique colder climate, this is a zippy and bone dry white that makes for a perfect aperitivo or foil to fresh oysters, sushi, anchoas, jamon, you name it. Crisp, lively, ever so drinkable white.
For the price👍🏼
Winery notes as follows
Based in the Southern Rioja Alta village of Badarán, Martínez Alesanco is bodega producing expressive, regionally specific wines at very reasonable prices. They are entirely self reliant in grapes, all of which are grown in their home village of Badarán, one of the coldest zones of Rioja Alta. The vineyards are closer to the Sierra de la Demanda mountains, a range whose elevation and snow-covered peaks are even more dramatic than the Sierra Cantabria range to the north. Martínez Alesanco's Blanco is made from equal parts Viura, White Tempranillo, Malvasia, and Sauvignon Blanc in iron-rich clay soils. In fact, this red-tinged, iron-laden clay marks the wines as noticeably as it does the homes and structures of this structures of this off-the-beaten-path, soulful Rioja village. Given the coolness of the harvest combined with Badarán's unique colder climate, this is a zippy and bone dry white that makes for a perfect aperitivo or foil to fresh oysters, sushi, anchoas, jamon, you name it. Crisp, lively, ever so drinkable white.
2013 vintage. 100% Viura/Macabeo
Lots of green apple & malic acid, golden straw, iron, bit of pineapple on finish. Exciting, but, not for all audiences.
2013 vintage. 100% Viura/Macabeo
Lots of green apple & malic acid, golden straw, iron, bit of pineapple on finish. Exciting, but, not for all audiences.
