2019 Remirez de Ganuza Blanco Reserva Magnum

This is already the 4th year of this fantastic white wine from Remirez de Ganuza and this wine is now one of the top white (Rioja) wines. They have chosen to put this Remirez Blanco in a Burgundy type bottle and we can completely understand this. Although still young, the Remirez Blanco has the complexity of a beautiful Burgundy or Rhone wine. Fresh, complex, beautifully woven wood, minerally, elegant. We recommend decanting the Remirez Blanco in its younger years. This is really enjoyable!!! In the Verema blog (the leading independent wine blog about Spanish wine), the Ganuza Blanco has been voted the best white Spanish wine. Five years after its release, Jose Urtasun has released a handful of magnums of this Ganuza Blanco that have been allowed to mature for an extra long time in his beautiful cellar and with this we can see how fantastic this white Remirez Blanco can age, especially in magnum format

The Remirez Blanco consists of 70% Viura and 30% Malvasia from vines between 60 and 80 years old. As with all wines, Fernando has the grapes picked manually and there are 2 sorting tables, a double selection to ensure that only the best grapes go into the wine. The grapes that do not survive (sometimes as much as 30-40% are sold to winemakers in the region (because even this fruit is often more beautiful than what they have themselves). The grapes come from one vineyard planted in 1978 on rolling clay and limestone soils at an altitude of 600 meters in San Vicente de la Sonsierra.

The wine is barrel fermented and aged for 12 months in new French oak. The wine is aged sur lie and the barrels are turned a quarter turn every 7 days. After maceration and fermentation, a élevage follows with regular bâtonnages in a closed circuit to avoid contact with the air. Fernando places the barrels on rollers so he can rotate the barrels to mix the lees with the wine. After bottling, the wine is bottle-aged for at least 12 months (and often longer) in the beautiful cellar of Remirez de Ganuza before the wine is released.

The Remirez de Ganuza Blanco Reserva is an absolute top white wine where the great acidity and minerality are particularly striking. In the nose we smell Granny Smith apple, white flowers, citrus fruit, very beautifully interwoven oak and in the distance a little bit of apricot. The taste is very nice. Mouth-filling, fresh, lemon peel, gravelly and saliva-inducing due to the beautiful bitterness and very beautifully interwoven oak. This is a very stylish, elegant modern Rioja wine with a great aftertaste. Best to decant in its younger years. This is a 1.5 liter magnum in a wooden box (OWC)

FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will send this to you automatically when you order this wine. The wine is stored in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and when you pick up the wine you will often receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collect' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.