Does Malvasia age? Not only it does but it gets even better. Rioja Mlavasia 2012 by Abel Mendoza is here to prove it!
Abel Mendoza, the cult producer of Rioja, is completely indifferent to marketing tricks, media, and ignores all the heavy designations like Reserva. Its only purpose is to create epic wines that bear the terroir imprint, of the magical areas that its grapes grow. Along with his oenologist wife, they founded their winery in 1988 and began to create wines with an identity that today belong to the top of the region. White Rioja from Malvasia variety is a fantastic wine of deep aging. Malvasia ferments into new 225-liter French oak barrels and after fermentation, matures for about 5 months on its fine lees. But aging for 7 years in the bottle is what makes the difference!
