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Olivier Rivière La Bastid

2018 Rioja DOC - 75cl

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Aromas of white fruit that blend perfectly with the toasty notes of the maturation process.
Perfect balance between fruity expression and freshness.

Profil

Complex and elegant white wine

Grape varieties

White Grenache
Maccabeu
Malvasia fina

Perfect pairing

To be consumed

Childcare potential of 8 years and over

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Olivier Rivière Vinos

La Bastid 2018

Rioja DOC

Espagne - Rioja



The Rioja project is made with rented vines. La Bastid is made from Labastia vines planted on clay-limestone soils, with the Maccabeu grape variety (called Viura, in Rioja) as the main protagonist (85%), accompanied by Malvasía and white Grenache. The wine is fermented in 500-litre French oak barrels and aged for ten months.

        

Grape varieties:

85% maccabeu, 8% white grenache and 7% malvasía.

Tasting notes:

La Bastid is a creamy, serious and full-bodied white wine. It shows a perfect balance between fruity expression and freshness. The nose is dominated by white fruit aromas which blend perfectly with the toasted notes of the ageing process. On the palate, it is ample, silky and very long.

Wine style :

Complex and tasty white wine.

Food and wine pairing :

Lamb sweetbreads with liquorice, stuffed tomatoes with crepinette. Saddle of hare revisited in a blanquette style.

Cellar ageing potential :

8 years

Analysis :

75 cl - 13 % volume

Contains sulphites

Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health. Drink in moderation.

"Consumption of alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, even in small quantities, can have serious consequences on the health of the child.

General information

Brand : Olivier Rivière

Reference : O-Rivière-La-Bastid

Appellation : Rioja DOC

Type of agriculture : Organic Agriculture

Color : White wine

Profil : Complex and elegant white wine

Conservation : Childcare potential of 8 years and over

Grape varieties : White Grenache , Maccabeu, Malvasia fina

Region : Vin de Rioja

Country : Spain

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Born in Cognac, Olivier Rivière studied oenology in Montagne Saint-Emilion before working with Elian Da Ros in Côtes du Marmandais and Lalou Bize-Leroy (Domaine Leroy, former co-manager of Romanée-Conti) in Burgundy. In 2004, he put aside his plans to buy vines in Fitou when Telmo Rodriguez, a leading figure in Spanish wine, invited him to Rioja to help him convert his vineyards to biodynamic viticulture, a farming method that Olivier has mastered perfectly.

Conquered by the terroirs and the old vines of the region, it was in 2006 that he decided to set up his own business and rent a small plot of vines. He now owns 10 hectares of vines, which he complements with leased vines and the purchase of grapes. All the vineyards are cultivated in biodynamic or organic agriculture. The soils are mainly limestone and clay on a sandstone base, sometimes sandy or gravelly.

In the cellar, the work is resolutely Burgundian. The vinification is not very interventionist, the grapes are often destemmed, but sometimes whole, depending on the grape variety and the vintage, and the fermentations are done without any input except that the wines are minimally sulphited at bottling. The wines are aged in vats, tuns or demi-muids, with very little new wood in order to preserve the freshness of the fruit.

While those of the region are typically hierarchical according to a more or less long maturation (joven, crianza, reserva, gran reserva), Olivier's cuvées are inspired by the Burgundian model and its specific classifications for each terroir (generic appellation, communal, premier cru and grand cru).

As an aside: when phylloxera - the dastardly vine-eating aphid - attacked the Bordeaux vineyards in the 1860s, the Bordeaux winegrowers, as good businessmen, had to look for wines from other regions to supply their markets. By injecting capital and sharing their know-how, they contributed to revolutionising the style and quality of the wines of Rioja, which at the time was producing large volumes of piquette to supply the peasant and the worker. One hundred and fifty years later, Olivier Rivière is making wines whose frank and fruity expression, ardour and natural character stand out from the style now anchored in tradition and of which Lopez de Heredia represents the quintessence.

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