Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood platters, grilled white fish, and goat cheese salads.
✨ Technical Specifications
Marqués de Riscal, historically famous for pioneering modern Rioja, played an equally revolutionary role in Castilla y León during the 1970s. Working alongside the legendary French enologist Émile Peynaud, they recognized the incredible potential of the region's high-altitude, gravel-rich soils and continental climate. In 1974, they introduced Sauvignon Blanc to the area, a bold move that helped redefine Spanish white wine production. This varietal expression is crafted entirely from Sauvignon Blanc grapes, capturing the vibrant, sun-drenched character of the region. Fermented in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures to preserve its pristine fruit character, the wine offers an aromatic profile of citrus, tropical fruits, and fresh herbs, underpinned by a stony minerality that reflects the region's ancient, stony soils.
🍾 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