Bodegas El Pacto 'El Pacto' Blanco, Rioja 2021

Overview

Elegant Rioja blanco: floral‑white fruit, nectarine, brioche, saline minerality, creamy‑glyceric texture, good acidity and freshness

Producer

Bodegas El Pacto

Region

Rioja Alta, La Rioja

Appellation

D.O.Ca. Rioja (Alto Najerilla)

Fermentation

Whole‑cluster maceration 24 h, then 6 h skin contact; static settling; spontaneous native‑yeast fermentation at 16‑18 °C, with transfer to large oak tinas and bocoyes

Variety

Mainly Viura plus Malvasía, Garnacha Blanca (Jaina)

Farming

Organic

Aging

One year in 5,000 L oak tinas and 500–1,000 L bocoyes, on fine lees

Soil

Clay‑ferrous soils with conglomerate rock, ~600 m altitude

Age of Vines

Average ~60 years (vineyards planted 1915–1974)