Finca Nueva
Fermentado en Barrica Rioja Viura
La Rioja, Spain
Pretty solid for being viura.. Some peach and musky pear on the nose, a touch of saline on the entry.. Underripe yellow apple skin and a bit of caramel candy on the palate. Very complex for being $15.. A nice different white that paired well with Asian spiced chicken.
Pretty solid for being viura.. Some peach and musky pear on the nose, a touch of saline on the entry.. Underripe yellow apple skin and a bit of caramel candy on the palate. Very complex for being $15.. A nice different white that paired well with Asian spiced chicken.
Jul 7th, 2015
Creamy and weighty mouthfeel, a bit overdone as I was expecting much more fresh acid. Citrus curd, unripe apricot tamed by the brief aging in oak. Found in the back of my cellar; a couple of years past its prime but still worthy of drinking. Paired with homemade pork and herb sausages
Creamy and weighty mouthfeel, a bit overdone as I was expecting much more fresh acid. Citrus curd, unripe apricot tamed by the brief aging in oak. Found in the back of my cellar; a couple of years past its prime but still worthy of drinking. Paired with homemade pork and herb sausages
Mar 17th, 2018
Horrible bitter and gave me horrible heartburn for hours.
Horrible bitter and gave me horrible heartburn for hours.
Mar 17th, 2018
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.
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.
Extremely good. A bit sweet but not terribly. Certainly will become part of my list
Extremely good. A bit sweet but not terribly. Certainly will become part of my list
Aug 23rd, 2015
$15.99 5/28/15 Spain Rioja class. Save for Rui visit.
$15.99 5/28/15 Spain Rioja class. Save for Rui visit.
Jun 6th, 2015