Vina Ijalba Rioja Tempranillo Blanco

Description

Tempranillo Blanco was discovered in 1988 in a Tempranillo vineyard near Murillo de Río Leza in the La Rioja province of northern Spain. While Tempranillo is a dark-skinned variety used to produce red wine, they discovered that one of their vines had undergone a mutation that produced yellow-green clusters. ‘Tempranillo Blanco’ was born and today Vina Ijalba have 1.5 hectares planted with the variety, and this is the first wine ever produced from this very rare Riojan grape. This rare organic white has an exceptional mouthfeel, and is dry, fruity and balanced with 15% of the wine having been aged in American oak, providing complex smokey aromas and flavours.