Superieur Blanco
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood platters, grilled white fish, or traditional Spanish tapas such as garlic shrimp (gambas al ajillo).
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Marqués de Riscal, a producer legendary for pioneering modern winemaking in Spain, this Superieur Blanco represents the vibrant potential of Castilla y León's high-altitude terroirs. In the 1970s, Marqués de Riscal, guided by the renowned French enologist Émile Peynaud, revolutionized Spanish white wine production by introducing temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation and championing the indigenous Verdejo grape. Grown on stony, gravel-rich soils under a harsh continental climate with dramatic diurnal temperature shifts, this white wine showcases a brilliant expression of freshness and minerality. It is typically crafted primarily from Verdejo, sometimes accented with Sauvignon Blanc, resulting in a wine defined by bright citrus, stone fruit, and delicate herbaceous undertones, finished with a crisp, refreshing acidity.
🍾 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