Descripción

Abel Mendoza Tempranillo Blanco es un estupendo blanco con crianza en barrica elaborado por uno de los grandes enólogos y viticultores riojanos, Abel Mendoza. Su complejidad y matices que van desde las frutas tropicales hasta los recuerdos a frutos secos, lo hacen una joya a seguir.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Abel Mendoza
Tipo
Blanco Fermentado en Barrica
Añada
2024
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Tempranillo blanco
Origen
Rioja

Cata

Vista
Amarillento con reflejos verdosos.
Nariz
Aromático con recuerdos a frutas tropicales y almendras frescas.
Boca
Balsámico y sedoso con recuerdo de flores, aguacate y frutos secos.
Temperatura de servicio
Entre 9 y 12 ºC.
Maridaje
Aperitivos, pescados, mariscos, arroces y carnes blancas.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñedos situados en la Sonsierra.
Suelo
Arcillo-calcáreo.
Rendimiento
5.400 kilogramos por hectárea.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual.
Vinificación
Fermentación en barricas nuevas de roble francés.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 5 meses con 'battonages' periódicos en barricas de roble francés.

Opinión de los críticos

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.