Remelluri Rioja Blanco 2016
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Robert
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James Suckling
This is such a delicious white. Lots of fresh-pear and chalky notes, akin to Chablis. There’s white melon and gentle citrus nuances, too. The palate has a very attractive, chalky edge and succulent, fresh white peaches and pears abound. Mouthwatering and so fresh. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2016 was a more challenging but remarkably cooler year, and the 2016 Blanco shows great freshness and contained ripeness, as the grapes ripened slowly and late. The wine had less alcohol and more acidity than the 2015 I tasted next to it. It has to be the finest vintage for the white produced here, still young and undeveloped. It's the palate where the wine is vibrant and lively, very fresh, harmonious and long. I tasted a 2007 next to this, and it showed perfect for drinking, so that can give you an idea of how this wine can develop for a good ten years after the harvest. 10,094 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2018. It has to be one of the finest whites produced at Remelluri.
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Decanter
A modern classic: a nine-variety white Rioja blend which, apart from the local varieties, also has some southern French ingredients. An original, which gets ever better. Lovely aromatics, and the underlying memory is freshness, overlaid by sweet spices, ripe pear and apple fruits, with a very long finish. A wine that is definitely built to develop complexity over time; enjoyable young and as the years pass. Drinking Window 2020 - 2028
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Remelluri is one of the most timeless and iconic landscapes of the wine world, as well as one of the most enchanting vineyards in Spain. While firmly anchored in its historical past, Remelluri illuminates the path forward for not only the future of Rioja but also world-class, terroir-based fine wines produced in Spain. It is about rediscovering the essence of Rioja, and the story’s evolution is genuinely cinematic in scope. At Remelluri, the future lies in the past.
The estate’s origins date back to the tenth century when Count Erramel, a Basque warrior and aristocrat from Álava, founded a small village on the site (uri in Basque); hence the name Erramel Uri evolved to Remelluri. The first wines were made here in the fourteenth century. The modern winery was established in 1967 when Jaime Rodríguez Salís purchased the vineyards at the heart of the former estate and began to make wine from the ancient, abandoned site. Remelluri became the first single-vineyard Rioja of the modern era with its release of the 1971 vintage, standing out from a conservative wine culture based on house style and blends of purchased wines from throughout Rioja. Remelluri was founded on individuality and the concepts of terroir and specificity, always distinct from the industrial machine of greater Rioja.
Remelluri’s vineyards are located along the slopes of the Sierra de Toloño mountains, just above the village of Labastida in Rioja Alavesa. The vineyards here are at the highest elevation in the Rioja region with vines planted between 500 and 950 meters, south-facing, and protected from the prevailing northern winds and frost. The estate consists of more than 80 individual plots, all of which are vinified separately. One of the keys to the location’s significance is that the vines are planted in terraced amphitheaters following the contours of the mountainside, which shelters them from the harsh weather on the leeward side. This ideal location is why generations of inhabitants have sought shelter and farmed the site for centuries.