Ostatu 2025 Blanco Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

750ml bottle
13% abv 

Pale yellow with greenish hues. Citrus and white fruit on the nose with floral and herbal characteristics. Well-salted acidity on the palate. Fresh, with green apple, lemon, green plum, and white flowers. Slightly oily texture, good balance throughout.

85% Viura, 15% Malvasia. Vines between 30 and 80 years old, goblet pruned. Vineyards in Samaniego, Laguardia, Elciego, and Leza at altitudes ranging from 420 to 680 metres above sea level. Clay-limestone soils, low in nutrients, south-facing slopes. The subsurface consists of various layers of white rock. Organic farming.

Hand-harvested in small trailer loads September 12 to 18, 2025. Grapes destemmed and pressed. Brief low-temperature maceration. Fermented on the lees in stainless steel vats for 24 days. Indigenous yeast fermentation. No oak.

The secret to this wine lies in the high-altitude, bush-trained vineyards of indigenous Tempranillo, Garnacha, and Viura vines in the foothills of the Sierra de Cantabria mountains. Ostatu's is a singular mountain rosé produced from some of Ostatu’s oldest and highest-elevation vineyards in the village of Samaniego: La Paul, Carrera, and Los Caños at 600m to 650m. Samaniego is located directly at the convergence of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean climatic influences, which mold the character of the vintages. This unique soil and climate also lend a certain austerity and structure to Ostatu wines, which differentiates them from the Rioja wines of other subzones. Ostatu is pure Alavesa mountain wine, born of the tension and energy of an extreme climate.

Rioja Alavesa is the smallest of the three wine-producing sub-regions in Rioja, Spain. It is situated to the north of the River Ebro, straddling the La Rioja region and the Alava province within the autonomous community of the Pais Vasco (Basque Country).