2023 Artuke Trascuveas Rioja Blanco 750ml

The white 2023 Trascuevas Blanco is a blend of grapes from three plots in Baños de Ebro, Samaniego and Ábalos and is 85% viura, 10% palomino  and 5% malvasía riojana. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured with equal parts in concrete and 600-liter oak foudres for 11 months. It has moderate ripeness and a floral personality and is clean, young and pale, with some green tints. It has 13.1% alcohol and a low pH of 3.12 that indicates very good freshness in the wine. It's floral and elegant, with no oak in the aromas or flavors, and it has an elegant profile, with purity and balance. It finishes dry and serious, with a with a chalky sensation. This is very good indeed. 94 Pts Wine Advocate Luis Gutiérrez.

This is from a tiny plot of 1.3ha, and the firm and delicious textural backbone are a sign of the crushing before pressing of the fruit. It would give a lot of similarly priced (and doubly priced) white burgs a run, and it has lovely preserved lemon, fennel, fresh pear and pineapple fruit with a nice limestone minerality.