2021 Remelluri Blanco

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From the brilliant winemaker Telmo Rodriguez, this Remelluri Blanco is a blend of Chardonnay, Garnacha Blanca, Moscatell, Marsanne, Roussane, Sauvignon Blanc, and Viognier, aged for 14 months in French oak. Parker considers this outstanding wine a benchmark for white Riojas. A white wine for aging. Only a small quantity of Remelluri bottles is ever produced, and it is released by allocation.

Telmo believes that Remelluri Blanco is often drunk too young and always sets aside a portion of his wines to age quietly in the Remelluri cellars. With our allocation of the 2023 vintage bottle, we were also allocated some bottles from the 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022 vintages.

The 2021 Blanco is one of the best white wines from Remelluri. It is a powerful, characterful, and elegant wine, with ripeness and concentration combined with very good freshness. This unusual white wine was produced using a blend of grapes, attempting to blur the varietal profile; it fermented with indigenous yeasts in tanks and small oak barrels and aged in used barriques, foudres, and concrete. The wine has Mediterranean notes of hay and straw, yet is powerful and serious, more like an austere Hermitage with a super-chalky palate and a very tasty, almost salty finish. It possesses great finesse, with power and the freshness of the high-altitude vineyards and the cool year. Only 12,930 bottles were produced for this 2021 vintage.

FUN FACT: The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you come to pick up the wine, you often receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you select 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht, almost next to the A16, with ample parking. Click here for our address.

Type of Wine White
Country Spain
Region Rioja
Appellation Rioja
Winery Remelluri
Grape Chardonnay, Garnacha, Marsanne, Muscat, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier
Biological certified No
Natural wine No
Vegan No
Vintage 2021
Drinking as of 2024
Drinking till 2034
Alcohol % 14
Alcohol free/low No
Content 0.75 ltr
Oak aging Yes
Sparkling No
Dessert wine No
Closure Cork
Parker rating 97
James Suckling rating 97
Tasting Profiles Aromatisch, Complex, Droog, Fris, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rijk, Rond, Vol, Wit fruit
Drink moments Cadeau!, Iets te vieren, Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Open haard, Romantisch, Terras
Sommy Pairing Beschrijving Deze 2018 Remelluri Blanco toont rijpe, geconcentreerde tonen van hooi, rijp geel fruit en mediterrane kruiden, ondersteund door subtiel Frans eikenresultaat en een krijtachtige, bijna zilte afdronk die voor veel finesse zorgt. Dankzij de frisse zuurgraad en het vlezige mondgevoel combineert hij uitstekend met schelpdieren en schaaldieren, frisse salades en verfijnde terrasgerechten omdat hij zowel de ziltigheid van zeevruchten als de lichte bitterheid van groene sla aankan zonder te overheersen. Extra goed werken bereidingswijzen als gegrilde coquilles of garnalen met citroenboter, ceviche met frisse kruiden of een licht geroosterde witte vis met een kruidenkorst en beurre blanc, die de mineraliteit en de elegante houtinvloeden van de wijn versterken.

Parker

97

James Suckling

97

With Remelluri, Telmo Rodriguez is putting the Rioja on the map as a producer of original terroir wines. Long before the Rodriguez family settled on Remelluri, wine was already being made on the estate. As early as the 14th century, the monks here made wine from grapes from the surrounding vineyards. In 1967, the house came into the hands of Jaime Rodriguez, the father of pioneer and idiosyncratic winemaker Telmo Rodriguez. Jaime immediately makes radical changes. For example, he decided to only make wine from grapes from his own vineyards, which was exceptional in the Rioja at the time. We also strive to cultivate the vineyards as naturally as possible, in order to preserve the special character of the vineyards as much as possible. In 2010, the vineyards were officially certified organic under the leadership of Telmo.

In the early 1990s, Telmo joined the company. The story goes that his father wants to keep the production of the red wines for himself, so Telmo comes up with the beautiful white Remelluri Blanco. After several years of making wine in other parts of Spain, Telmo returned to Remelluri in 2010, where he took up winemaking together with his sister Amaya. As a great advocate of terroir wines, he has a clear opinion about the wines of the Rioja. Because winemakers often buy most of the grapes from grape growers, they have lost the connection with the vineyards and the terroir, he believes. In addition, the low prices of the grapes have caused winegrowers to neglect or even grub up the more challenging vineyards, often the older, high-altitude plots. With the wines of Remelluri, Telmo wants to show that the Rioja has many different terroirs that can be beautifully expressed in the wines.

Food Pairings

Deze 2018 Remelluri Blanco toont rijpe, geconcentreerde tonen van hooi, rijp geel fruit en mediterrane kruiden, ondersteund door subtiel Frans eikenresultaat en een krijtachtige, bijna zilte afdronk die voor veel finesse zorgt. Dankzij de frisse zuurgraad en het vlezige mondgevoel combineert hij uitstekend met schelpdieren en schaaldieren, frisse salades en verfijnde terrasgerechten omdat hij zowel de ziltigheid van zeevruchten als de lichte bitterheid van groene sla aankan zonder te overheersen. Extra goed werken bereidingswijzen als gegrilde coquilles of garnalen met citroenboter, ceviche met frisse kruiden of een licht geroosterde witte vis met een kruidenkorst en beurre blanc, die de mineraliteit en de elegante houtinvloeden van de wijn versterken.

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