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90-92 Vinous
From: The Diverse Villages of Rioja: A New Trend Emerges (May 2025) The 2024 Blanco Muga combines Viura, Garnacha Blanca and Malvasía from Rioja. The crisp, intense nose is fragrant with tropical nuances of apple and pear. This is dry, with a crisp freshness and creamy texture, combining richness and energy to produce a modern white Rioja. The finish is restrained but fruit-forward. - By Joaquín Hidalgo on May 2025

GRAPES
Viura, Garnacha blanca and Malvasía de Rioja

SOIL
The vines used are located principally in two clearly distinct valleys, both in the Rioja Alta, and have an Atlantic climate. In the Valle del Oja the soils are calcareous clay and give the wine structure and freshness. In the upper reaches of the Valle del Najerilla the soils are ferrous clay and contribute to the wine's complexity and mineral character.

WINEMAKING & AGING
Hand-harvested. After light maceration of the must with the skins in the press, this ferments in different sized wooden vats and new French-oak casks with very lightly toasted wood sourced from the Nevers region. Once alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine remains for 4 months in the casks, with lees stirring or “bâtonage” twice per week during the first months and once a day during the final month, so as to keep the fine lees in contact with the wine to protect it from oxygen and to give a smoother mouth-feel and more complexity.