Bhilar Blanco 2022

The 2022 Bhilar Blanco is a blend of 80% Viura and 20% Garnacha Blanca from biodynamic vines that were harvested early in the warm 2022 vintage. It had 15 days of skin contact and fermented with indigenous yeasts. It matured in French oak containers of different sizes for one year. It's subtle, harmonious and elegant and has a moderate 12.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.34. It has a powerful and balanced mouthfeel and a dry, long finish. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2023.

David Sampedro is one of the best white wine producers in Rioja, so it's worth buying anything he makes, even his entry point offering. Pairing Viura and 10% Garnacha Blanca, this skin-fermented cuvée is a low intervention style with apple, baking yeast and pear flavours and a waxy, leesy mid-palate. 2024-26.