Bodegas Contador Benjamin Romeo 'Predicador' Rioja Blanco 2018 Size:Regular Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier

Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier

This is aged entirely in used demi-muids after a spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel

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Vinification is important

and travelled intensively worldwide

Bodegas Contador Benjamin Romeo 'Predicador' Rioja Blanco 2018 Size:Regular Chardonnay and Pinot MeunierThe first white is the 2018 Predicador Blanco, a blend of 59% Garnacha Blanca, 32% Malvasa Riojana (Alarije) and 9% Viura, an austere barrel from different vineyards, most of them on clay and limestone soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in barrel for eight months. There is ripeness without excess in this 2018, as well as power and freshness, and the oak is neatly folded into the fruit, coming through as harmonious and integrated.