Bodegas Exopto Rioja Exopto Blanco Field Blend 2024

This exceptional, rocky white Rioja goes from strength to strength. The new name reflects the wine’s origin: a blend of white grapes co-planted within the poorer soils of the Tempranillo vineyards, harvested and fermented as one. Today, the blend comprises 85% Viura with 10% Malvasía Riojana and 5% Garnacha Blanca. The grapes are drawn mainly from the cool, high-country of Ábalos, including the old-vine vineyards of San Cristóbal (650 metres) and Perquita, planted in 1965. Since 2022, the wine has benefited from a portion of 75-year-old Viura from Baños de Ebro.

In a region starting to elevate its white wines, Tom Puyaubert’s new wave Rioja Blancos are a revelation. In the cellar, the grapes ferment wild in concrete, and the wine is raised in a mixture of concrete eggs, old barrels and 4,000-litre foudre as Puyaubert seeks to harness the mineral salinity and tension given by the rocky limestone soils and old vines in his highland vineyards.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.