White wine
CVNE, Monopole Clasico Rioja Blanco 2016
RRP
24.15 per bottle
- UK Stockist
90
- Tasted by
- Simon Field MW
A distinctive green flute, if not German, can only mean Torres Esmeralda or – in a completely different league – the Monople Clasico, the original and far from usual 1915 style reintroduced. That is to say it’s vinified Viura blended with 15% of Manzanilla sherry, courtesy of two butts from Bodegas Hidalgo in Sanlucar. Not to everyone’s taste, perhaps, but it certainly is to mine; chamomile, almonds, yeast and late orchard citrus fruit; intimations of oxidation, old-school, but the shard of flinty acidity provides instant redemption and extraordinary satisfaction.
- Drinking Window
- 2019 - 2024
- Colour
- White
- Wine Style
- Still
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Rioja
- Bottle size
- 75cl