NIVARIUS RESERVA

From a very cool vintage. Slightly early budding, accompanied by a summer with regular rainfall, meant that the quantity of grapes was generous. Grapes with a lot of freshness and finesse and at the same time delicate. During the ripening period we had a favourable climate with contrasting temperatures during the night, with a cool ripening and a slightly higher production than the average of the year.

Nivarius Reserva

DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN:
D.O.Ca Rioja.

VINEYARD AREA:
Selection of goblet-trained Viura vineyards in the Sonsierra, Moncalvillo and Alto Najerilla hillsides.

VINEYARD ALTITUDE:
Average age of 70 years for old vines located between 500 and 700 metres above sea level.

SOILS:
Mainly silt-limestone on the northern slope, Sonsierra. Ferrous sand with a little clay in depth on the southern slopes of the Ebro valley, Moncalvillo area and further west in the Najerilla, deep soils with degraded sandy component mixed with layers of gypsum, this mixture gives us structure, freshness, volume and length in the wine.

VARIETIES:
100% Viura.

ELABORATION:
Harvest at optimum aromatic maturity. Light pressing, in the absence of oxygen, fermentation with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels. The first three months the battonage technique is used twice a week and then the wine is aged statically on the fermentation lees for 12 months.

AGEING:
A minimum of 12 months of ageing in barrels, with the lees from the second fermentation. It is made in French oak barrels with 15% new barrels and the rest is used between 2 and 8 uses.

ALCOHOL
13,5%.

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Great white wine for ageing.

By and for the white wine The obsession of the winery is the search for the freshness and longevity of white wines and for this we have the best technology in the production. We vinify each small plot separately, from the entrance of the grapes, either by selection table in boxes of 18 kg or by reception hopper. The way in which the grapes enter the winery depends on their state of health and the destination of the grapes. One of the most important elements of the winery are the pneumatic inert dams, made with a membrane that injects nitrogen to prevent the must from oxidising. In this way we respect the character of the variety and the peculiarities of the estate. Production and ageing In a normal year we can have up to 20 different vinifications depending on the variety, estate or area where our grapes come from. In this way we get exactly what we want from our wines, which is the maximum expression of their terroir. We make almost all of our wines in 3,500 litre oak casks from Normandy with a very light toasting so that the varietal and mineral character of our native varieties produces unique and respectful, complex and expressive wines, which have a great longevity thanks to the extraordinary acidity levels with which we work.

Por y para el blanco La obsesión de la bodega es la búsqueda de la frescura y la longevidad de los vinos blancos y para ello contamos con la mejor tecnología en la elaboración. Vinificamos cada pequeña parcela por separado, desde la entrada de la uva, ya sea por mesa de selección en cajas de 18 kg o por tolva de recepción. La forma de entrada es decidida en función del estado sanitario de la uva, del destino que esa uva vaya a tener. Uno de los elementos más importantes de la bodega son las presas inertes neumáticas, realizadas con membrana que realiza una inyección de nitrógeno para evitar la oxidación del mosto. De este modo respetamos el carácter de la variedad y las singularidades de la finca. Elaboración y crianza En un año normal podemos tener hasta 20 vinificaciones diferentes en función de la variedad, finca o zona de la que provienen nuestras uvas. Conseguimos así exactamente lo que deseamos de nuestros vinos, que es la máxima expresión del terroir de los mismos. Elaboramos casi todos nuestros vinos en fudres de roble de Normandía de 3.500 litros con muy ligero tostado para que el carácter varietal y mineral de nuestras variedades autóctonas produzca vinos singulares y respetuosos, complejos y expresivos, y dotados de una gran longevidad gracias a los extraordinarios índices de acidez con que trabajamos.

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Camino Nalda a Viguera 46, 26190, La Rioja

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Friday: 09:00h. a 14:00h.