Description

Abel Mendoza Tempranillo Blanco est un excellent vin blanc élevé en fût, élaboré par l'un des plus grands œnologues et Viticulteurs de La Rioja, Abel Mendoza. Sa complexité et ses nuances, qui vont des fruits tropicaux aux notes de fruits secs, en font un joyau à découvrir.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Abel Mendoza
Type de vin
Fermenté en barrique Blanc
Millésime
2024
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Cépage
100% Tempranillo blanco
Origine
Rioja

Dégustation

Vue
Jaune avec des reflets verts.
Nez
Arôme évoquant les fruits tropicaux et les amandes fraîches.
Bouche
Balsamique et soyeux, avec des notes de fleurs, d'avocat et de fruits secs.
Température de service
Entre 9 et 12 °C.
Accord mets et vin
Amuse-bouches, poissons, fruits de mer, plats à base de riz et viandes blanches.

Vignoble et élaboration

Description
Vignobles situés dans la Sonsierra.
Sol
Argilo-calcaire.
Rendement
5 400 kilogrammes par hectare.
Vendanges
Vendange manuelle.
Vinification
Fermentation dans des fûts neufs en chêne français.
Elevage
Élevage de 5 mois avec battonnages réguliers en fûts de chêne français.

L'avis des experts

Tim Atkin:

Abel Mendoza has been making an unblended Tempranillo Blanco since 2009, which puts him in the variety’s vanguard. Sourced from three different parcels in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, it’s a wine that wears its new French oak lightly, with more zip and focus than the 2023 release and flavours of yellow apple, grapefruit and vanilla pod. 2026-31

The Wine Advocate:

The 2024 Tempranillo Blanco, the last varietal white to be added to the collection in 2011, is now produced with grapes from three vineyards where the vines range between seven and 16 years of age. The yield was 5,500 kilos of grapes per hectare, which is not bad. The grapes fermented in French oak barrels with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured in those French barriques with fine lees, which were periodically stirred for five months. This is not a shy wine; it's spicy and ripe, with notes of yellow fruit, coming in at 14% alcohol, with a pH of 3.28 and 7.19 grams of acidity. What I like best is the salty twist in the finish, which is common among the other whites. 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2025.