Ostatu Blanco Gran Reserva

Tasting Notes

• Yellow in color, with a slight bright golden hue. Its nose is fine, intense, and deep, with aromas reminiscent of fresh almonds, delicate white stone fruits, dried apricots, notes of white honey, hawthorn blossom, and caramel. On the palate, it is full-bodied, elegant, and fresh, with very good acidity that will extend its life for several years.

Viticulture & vineyards

• Wine-maker & vineyard management Sáenz de Samaniego family.
• 85% viura & 15% malvasía
• From grapes grown in the highest areas of our oldest vineyards, located in the municipality of Samaniego at altitudes between 400 and 580 meters.
• Clay-limestone soils, extremely poor, on south-facing slopes. The subsoil structure is composed of several layers of earth and white rock.
• Vines over 70 years old
• Planting density: 3,300 vines/Ha
• Bush-trained pruning.

Winemaking

• Pre-selection in the vineyard ensures that only the best grapes reach the winery.
• A gentle destemming process is carried out to avoid damaging the berries, followed by light crushing. Cold pre-fermentation maceration lasts for 5 hours.
• The must, along with its lees, ferments in stainless steel tanks for 23 days at a controlled temperature of 15–16°C.
• Stabilization is achieved through natural cold.
• Filtration is applied only for tartaric stabilization.
• No malolactic fermentation was carried out, and the wine was aged in second-use French oak barrels for 20 months.