94 points Wine Advocate
The white 2022 Flor de Muga Blanco Reserva was produced with a blend of 40% old-vine Viura, 30% Garnacha Blanca and 30% Maturana Blanca—they are one of the biggest producers of Maturana Blanca in Rioja and have 17 hectares, some still not in production. It fermented in small barrels at low temperature and then was kept in concrete eggs for three months (the Garnacha and the Maturana age superbly in the concrete), then it aged for six months in new barrels crafted by their coopers. It's very spicy and smoky, with a core of white fruit, flowers and herbs, a hint of fennel and aniseed. It's not a shy white; it's full bodied and comes in at 14% alcohol—it was a warm year—keeping a pH of 3.16 and 5.7 grams of acidity. It's powerful, balanced and gastronomical, a very serious white that should age very nicely in bottle. 27,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023. This wine was not produced in 2024.

GRAPES 40% Viura, 30% each Garnacha blanca and Maturana blanca
SOIL Sandy-loam soil (Maturana) from the Haro and Anguciana zone, calcareous clay (Garnacha blanca) from Villalba de Rioja and Galbárruli and calcareous and ferrous clay (Viura) from the village of Badarán.
WINEMAKING Harvested by hand at the optimum point of ripeness for each variety and plot. Transported to the winery in small crates in refrigerated trucks to preserve intact all the aromatic potential. After a short period of maceration in the press the free run must which runs off by gravity is taken. This is known as “mosto flor”. This is then fermented at a low temperature in American-oak casks. When fermentation is complete, the wine remains on its lees for 3 months in an “Oeuf de Beaune” (an egg-shaped, concrete tank) to preserve the aromatic expression and to achieve more body and greater smoothness.
AGING Aged for 6 months in new, French-oak casks made in our own cooperage, with a light toast. The oak comes from prestigious woods in Nevers and Bertranges. Afterwards the wine is left to evolve in the bottle for 18 months to obtain greater refinement and roundness.