NIVARIUS EDICIÓN LIMITADA

Old vine Viura grown on the Moncalvillo slopes and Alto Najerilla blended with Maturana Blanca from Las Arcas vineyard in Nalda produce a powerful white wine that is
aged in large wooden casks.

The result is a structured, full-bodied and very expressive wine bursting with fruit notes that gains complexity after some time in the glass.

NIVARIUS EDICIÓN LIMITADA

Old vine Viura grown on the Moncalvillo slopes and Alto Najerilla blended with Maturana Blanca from Las Arcas vineyard in Nalda produce a powerful white wine that is
aged in large wooden casks.

The result is a structured, full-bodied and very expressive wine bursting with fruit notes that gains complexity after some time in the glass.

Nivarius Edición Limitada
Nivarius Edición Limitada

DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN
DOC Rioja

VINEYARD AREA
Selection of head-pruned Viura vineyards from the slopes of the Moncalvillo, the Sonsierra Riojana and Alto Najerilla as well as high altitude White Maturana from Finca La Nevera in Nalda.

VINEYARD ALTITUDE:
Average of 70 years-old Viuras between 500 and 600 metres of altitude and 800 metres for the White Maturana.

SOILS:
Mainly ferrous sandy soils on the southern slopes of the Ebro valley and calcareous silt on the northern slopes. They are generally deep soils with a sandy component and alluvial rocks on the surface and with light layers of clay from 3 meters deep from sedimentation. This blend gives us structure,
freshness and longevity in the wine.

VARIETIES
70% Viura, 30% Maturana blanca.

VINTAGE CHARACTERISTICS:
Very cool vintage, budding within the usual parameters. The first part of the summer with multiple rains until mid-July, followed by temperatures somewhat lower than usual due to the rain. In the second part it was quite hot during the month of August which implied exceptional health. During maturation, we had favorable weather with contrasting day-to-night temperatures accompanied by some light rains during the harvest at the beginning of September, which means that we were facing one of the coolest vintages in recent years.

ELABORATION
Harvest with optimal phenolic maturation, light pressing without de-stemming and in the absence of oxygen so as not to oxidize aromas. Fermentation in French oak barrels at low temperature and subsequent ageing on fine lees for nine months in French oak barrels, where the lees are stirred three times a week to give the wine more broadness on the palate.

AGEING
Ageing on its fermentation lees for twelve months in 35Hl French oak tanks. The lees were stirred with the batonnage technique two times a week during the first 3 months and later they rested static in the oak walls to protect the wine from oxidation.

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"Seriously good high altitude white blend. Great to see these wines going from strength to strength"

Tim Atkin, MW

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.

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.

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Contact

Camino Nalda a Viguera,46, 26190, La Rioja

941 802 943 | Fax: 941 49 00 86

[email protected]

Monday to Thursday
9:00h. a 17:00h.
Friday: 09:00h. a 14:00h.