100% Viura
95 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The white 2018 Viña Gravonia Blanco was harvested from the 24th of September, the first grapes the winery picked that challenging year. The vines are now 93 years old, on gravel soils with a limestone base. The wine matured in well-seasoned American oak barrels and vats for six years. It has a pale yellow color and a young nose but with the "Tondonia" cave aromas of mushroom, wax, diesel and balsam, with a core of dry flowers and pollen. The palate is vibrant and pungent, with purity, and there's a long, saline finish. It comes in at 12.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.0 and seven grams of acidity.
95 Points James Suckling
Aromas of dried lemons, herbs, citrus oil, roasted almonds and a waxy touch. Medium-bodied with a texture that’s subtle, delicate and nuanced, showing understated fruit. Savory, with linear, integrated acidity. Pure viura from a 70-year-old vineyard in Haro.
95 Points Tim Atkin
Despite the bigger yields that followed the frost-affected 2017 vintage, this is a wonderfully focused, still youthful expression of Viura. Aged in old American barrels for four years, it has unique aromas of wild flowers, cashew nut and umami and a palate of salted almond, lemongrass and citrus underpinned by racy, palate-cleansing acidity.
