Tasting Notes
A mixture of exotic fruit aromas with hints of dried flower petals. The French oak barrels bring minerality and spices, creating a complex and elegant wine with a unique personality. Great intensity on the palate, glycerine with gentle sensations of sweetness, magnificently balanced with the natural acidity that gives liveliness and freshness with a long finish.
Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation: Carried out entirely in 500 litre French oak barrels at a low temperature in chambers chilled to 16ºC over 16 days. Maceration: One day of skin contact to extract all the aromatic potentiaL
12 months ageing in 500-litre French oak barrels in their 1st, 2nd and 3rd year (medium toast). The wine remains on its fine lees with weekly battonage. Oak barrels from the finest coopers in France are selected for ageing.
Producer
A man of his time, an essential figure in the political and social life of Bilbao at the end of the 19th century, in 1894 Cosme Palacio Bermejillo took over the reins of the family winery that his father founded in Laguardia in 1863 to turn it into the most advanced winery in the Rioja Alavesa. With his characteristic vision of the future and with his sights set on the main wine reference, Bordeaux, he introduced fundamental changes that laid the foundations for modern DO Ca. Rioja wine.
At the end of the 1980s, Cosme Palacio marked a before and after in the history of the wines of this land, creating a style of winemaking at the forefront of its time. Today, Cosme Palacio enjoys great international recognition for being considered the bridge between the Classic Rioja style and the Modern Rioja.
Specifications
| Year | 2018 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Cultivar | Viura, Malvasia bianca |
| Country | Spain |
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| Units of Alcohol per Bottle | 9.8 units |
| Cellaring Potential | Drink now - 2028 |
| Type | White Wine |
| Food Matches | Chicken, Pork, Risotto, Turkey |
| Allergen Information | Contains Sulphites |
| Origin | Rioja |
| Appellation | DOCa Rioja |
