Baigorri Rioja Fermentado en Barrica Blanco 2018

Bodegas BAIGORRI was established in the year 2000 and presented its first vintage in 2002, it was established by Jesùs Baigorri, but he sold the winery in 2007.

The owner of the winery today is Pedro Martinez Hernandez and together with a team of visionaries and the family they make modern wine with a traditional approach.

Baigorri today consists of 55 hectares of vineyards, and they also buy wine from 10 producers on long-term contracts.

Bodegas BAIGORRI has been designed on the basis of maximum respect to the shape and the richness of the grapes and it is located within the village of Samaniego and at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria mountains.

The glass box of Bodegas BAIGORRI stands perfectly integrated into its surroundings, standing proud in an emblematic position in Rioja Alavesa.

Inside, the winery has the most advanced technology, as a result of technological experiments. The winery goes through a continuous process of improvement; therefore, numerous research projects are being undertaken.

Bodegas BAIGORRI was designed and built by the architect Iñaki Aspiazu. The project responds to the peculiar way the wines is made and is a benchmark for architecture that respects its natural environment.

The building is adapted to the pre-existing topography and all its underground facilities have been harmoniously designed. A place where you can overview how the whole winemaking process takes place.

The whole process is done by gravity, in a vertical process, to preserve the integrity of the grapes as much as possible, so they reach the fermentation intact. All the movement of the grapes and wine is done using gravity, with no kind of mechanical lifting.

There is no hopper at reception and no pumping for moving the grapes or for pumping over in the vats which could damage them, all the way from the sorting tables to bottling the wine, via all the underground floors in the winery, thereby optimising all the phases of the process.

White wine kissed by oak is not for everyone, we know that. However, it depends on the intensity of the oak kiss, on the handling of the barrels and its toasting.

For the white wine the oak is not used to flavour but to give structure and creaminess.

Focus is definitely put on the fruit and the spiciness of the wine, its complexity and length on the palate.

White wine made from the varieties Viura (90%) and Malvasía (10%), sourced exclusively from old vineyards, located in the villages of Samaniego, Navarides and Leza, Rioja Alavesa.

After a manual picking, all the grapes are hand-selected using vibration and selection tables.

The must macerates with the grape skins some hours before its pressing.

The fermentation and ageing (8 month) of the wine, in contact with its fine lees and regular bâtonnage, take place in new French oak barrels with especially light or without toasting.

Vineyards

Several plots located in the villages Samaniego, Navarides and Leza, Rioja Alavesa, with its typical calcareous clay soils. Average age of vines: >60 years. Average altitude: 550 meters. Vine training system: mainly Gobelet (bush vine system). Sustainable viticulture with 100% handcraft.