Muga Rioja Blanco 2024 Bodegas Muga

The 2024 vintage Muga Blanco has a pale, straw-yellow colour. On the nose you can find notes of white blossom, stone fruit and a slight hint of vanilla which adds complexity. The palate is fresh and elegant, the lively acidity perfectly balanced by the body. Notes of citrus and stone fruit are accompanied by a subtle salinity which gives it greater length. 

2024 - 13% abv

SOIL
The vines used are located principally in two clearly distinct valleys, both in the Rioja Alta, and have an Atlantic climate. In the Valle del Oja the soils are calcareous clay and give the wine structure and freshness. In the upper reaches of the Valle del Najerilla the soils are ferrous clay and contribute to the wine's complexity and mineral character.

VINIFICATION
Hand-harvested. After light maceration of the must with the skins in the press, this ferments in different sized wooden vats and new French-oak casks with very lightly toasted wood sourced from the Nevers region. Once alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine remains for 4 months in the casks, with lees stirring (bâtonage) twice per week during the first months and once a day during the final month, so as to keep the fine lees in contact with the wine to protect it from oxygen and to give a smoother mouth-feel and more complexity.

Drink Now or Keep

Aperitif, grilled fish, shellfish

Dry

Medium Bodied

Pale gold

Viura, Garnacha Blanca, Malvasia

Rioja, Spain

Bodegas Muga

2024

Contains Sulphites