Blends Practice Session - Red and white (Stellenbosch): Deep yellow in colour this blend of 65% Viura, 18% Malvasia and 17% Garnacha Blanca shows notable resinous oak with spices and gunflint. A medium+ acidity, there is some butter and that slightly nutty oak element that constitutes white Rioja. The mid-palate is rather hollow; whilst the acid keeps going and going, so does the oak.
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9/25/2007 - rikipedia wrote: 85 Points
Blends Practice Session - Red and white (Stellenbosch): Deep yellow in colour this blend of 65% Viura, 18% Malvasia and 17% Garnacha Blanca shows notable resinous oak with spices and gunflint. A medium+ acidity, there is some butter and that slightly nutty oak element that constitutes white Rioja. The mid-palate is rather hollow; whilst the acid keeps going and going, so does the oak.
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11/12/2006 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 Points
Wine Cellar - Rioja and Fontanafredda (Wine Cellar, Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A Viura, Malvasia, Garnacha Blanc blend that is floral, and attractive with ripe peach fruit and gun flint. Lively acid and stone fruits towards a pleasant finish.
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