Viña del Lentisco Rioja Villota Selvanevada Blanco 2022

	Wood-matured blend based on viura
	Full and soft, with notes of apple, peach and roasted nuts
	Delicious with tapas, smoked fish or paella

Description

Villota is the promising project of the Pérez Villota family. The family has four generations of experience in Rioja Alavesa, in the part considered the Côte d'Or of the Rioja region. After a long involvement in the famous Viñedos del Contino, the family decided to continue on their own in 2013. In 2016 they bottled their first own wines.

The white and red Selvanevada offer an excellent introduction to Villota's refined Riojas. Carmen and her team harvest the white grapes (predominantly viura supplemented with Garnacha Blanca, among others) in Villota's beautiful old vineyards in a bend of the Ebro River.



Once picked, the grapes are destemmed and a short soaking of the skins follows for extra aromatic intensity. After fermentation, the wine matures for six months in French oak barrels, where the yeasts are regularly stirred for extra flavor intensity.

The white Selvanevada is a seductive, juicy and characterful white Rioja, with notes of apple, peach and roasted nuts in the scent and a creamy, full and yet fresh taste. Try it with tapas, smoked fish or paella.

Drink with

Distinctive, oak-matured white wine that has broad gastronomic uses. Excellent accompaniment to spicy (starter) dishes, such as tapas, smoked fish or paella with chicken.

Tasting note

Refined white Rioja with a slightly ripened scent of yellow apple, peach, cedar and roasted nuts. Full and soft taste with ripe fruit, fresh acids and butter. The finale is persistent with toast and fine bitters.

Shelf life

Drinking nicely now; shelf life of at least 6 years after harvest.