a little vanilla warmth
The 2024 release captures the estate’s hallmark clarity and elegance
which is not a sentence anyone writes about the other guys
The grapes macerate about 20 days in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts
then aged in older barrels for textural finesse
Bodegas Ostatu, Rioja Blanco, 2025 SPAINCOUNT0125 a little vanilla warmthThis is white Rioja for everyday pleasure, all freshness and lift. Ostatu, a family estate in Samaniego with organic, carbon neutral farming, blends Viura and Malvasia from vines between 30 and 80 years old into a bright, aromatic white meant to be poured young and often. Expect flowers, citrus, and orchard fruit rather than oak. It is the easygoing entry point to a producer helping push Rioja toward fresher, more terroir driven whites, and it drinks