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Castillo Ygay White Gran Reserva Especial 1986
Vintage
1986
Region
Rioja
Country
Spain
Style
Still
Grape Varieties
Viura
ABV
13.5%
Dietary
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Sustainability
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Marqués de Murrieta
Marqués de Murrieta is one of Rioja’s most historic estates, founded in 1852 by Luciano Francisco Ramón de Murrieta in Rioja Alta. Known for Tempranillo-led blends, Gran Reserva, Castillo Ygay and age-worthy white Rioja, Marqués de Murrieta helped define top quality modern Rioja through 100% estate-grown fruit, extensive maturation and Bordeaux-influenced winemaking techniques. Their range offers a clear reference point for premium Spanish wine, combining historic authority, control and impressive attention to detail enabled by the single-estate model and new winery.
Read MoreVinification
The whole bunches were crushed, then pressed in a vertical twin-screw wooden press. Fermentation took place in an American oak vat. The wine was aged for 252 months in 225-litre American oak barrels, followed by 67 months in concrete tanks. It was bottled on 29 January 2014, with 8,125 bottles produced in 75cl format. This exceptionally long ageing regime gives the wine remarkable depth, texture and complexity.
Tasting Note
The whole bunches were crushed, then pressed in a vertical twin-screw wooden press. Fermentation took place in an American oak vat. The wine was aged for 252 months in 225-litre American oak barrels, followed by 67 months in concrete tanks. It was bottled on 29 January 2014, with 8,125 bottles produced in 75cl format. This exceptionally long ageing regime gives the wine remarkable depth, texture and complexity.
Food Pairing
Pair with roast woodcock, foie gras, white truffle, crab pasta, hake kokotxas in pil pil, Iberian pork, cardoon mushrooms, roast poultry or aged hard cheeses.
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