Finca Montico
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood and shellfish, roasted poultry with herbs, or traditional Spanish tapas such as grilled octopus.
✨ Technical Specifications
Marqu s de Riscal is famously credited with pioneering the modern white wine revolution in Rueda during the early 1970s under the guidance of legendary French enologist mile Peynaud. Finca Montico is a single-vineyard expression of 100% Verdejo, sourced from an old-vine plot characterized by poor, gravelly soils deposited by the Duero River. This stony terroir forces the roots deep, imparting a distinct mineral character. To enhance its texture and complexity, the wine undergoes fermentation in stainless steel followed by aging on its fine lees with regular battonage for several months. This technique softens Verdejo's natural high acidity, adding a creamy volume, notes of stone fruit, fennel, and a subtle nutty complexity that honors the historic white winemaking traditions of Castilla y Len.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1858 by Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga, Marqués de Riscal is one of the oldest and most pioneering wineries in Spain's Rioja region, situated in the historic town of Elciego. The estate revolutionized Spanish viticulture by introducing Bordeaux-style vinification and barrel aging techniques, earning worldwide acclaim as the first non-French wine to win the Diploma of Honor at the Exhibition of Bordeaux in 1895. In addition to its legendary, structured Rioja Reserva and Gran Reserva Tempranillo expressions, the bodega expanded into Castilla y León in the 1970s, playing an instrumental role in establishing the Rueda appellation with benchmark Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc wines. Today, Marqués de Riscal seamlessly fuses classical winemaking mastery with avant-garde innovation, epitomized by its iconic Frank Gehry-designed winery complex.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Verdejo (min 85%), Sauvignon Blanc