95 points James Suckling: "Structured, complex and layered white with medium body and a creamy, phenolic texture. Dried lemons, apricot stones, cedar, flint and sea salt. Long and evolving. Very fresh, too. Fantastic. About 12,000 bottles made. 40% viura, 30% grenache blanc and 30% maturana. Drink or hold. (9/9/22)"
94+ points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "[$50 list] The second vintage of their top white is the 2019 Flor de Muga Blanco, produced with a blend of 40% Viura from red limestone and clay soils, 30% Garnacha Blanca from classical clay and limestone and 30% Maturana Blanca planted on sandy soils. It fermented in small barrels with indigenous yeasts and then matured in concrete eggs for three months and new barriques built in their own cooperage for six months. The wine is 13.2%alcohol and has a pH of 3.2 with very good acidity. There are only 37 hectares of Maturana Blanca in Rioja, of which they have eight. It's the same grape as the extinct Ribadavia variety from Galicia. The variety disappeared because it delivers very low yields, but they love the quality when it's picked fully ripe when it still keeps very good acidity. The wine is still a little oaky and powerful, from a warm and dry year, but the palate is electric and almost salty. This is a white that should develop nicely in bottle (I wish I had a time machine!), and as with the rosé, this feels like the finest vintage to date... only the second one! Drink: 2023-2029. (7/14/22)"
93 points Peñín Guide to Spanish Wine: "(viura, garnacha blanca, maturana blanca). Colour: bright yellow. Nose: powerful, creamy oak, spicy, ripe fruit. Palate: good structure, long, toasty, fine bitter notes. (2023)"
94+ points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "[$50 list] The second vintage of their top white is the 2019 Flor de Muga Blanco, produced with a blend of 40% Viura from red limestone and clay soils, 30% Garnacha Blanca from classical clay and limestone and 30% Maturana Blanca planted on sandy soils. It fermented in small barrels with indigenous yeasts and then matured in concrete eggs for three months and new barriques built in their own cooperage for six months. The wine is 13.2%alcohol and has a pH of 3.2 with very good acidity. There are only 37 hectares of Maturana Blanca in Rioja, of which they have eight. It's the same grape as the extinct Ribadavia variety from Galicia. The variety disappeared because it delivers very low yields, but they love the quality when it's picked fully ripe when it still keeps very good acidity. The wine is still a little oaky and powerful, from a warm and dry year, but the palate is electric and almost salty. This is a white that should develop nicely in bottle (I wish I had a time machine!), and as with the rosé, this feels like the finest vintage to date... only the second one! Drink: 2023-2029. (7/14/22)"
93 points Peñín Guide to Spanish Wine: "(viura, garnacha blanca, maturana blanca). Colour: bright yellow. Nose: powerful, creamy oak, spicy, ripe fruit. Palate: good structure, long, toasty, fine bitter notes. (2023)"
| Product SKU | 703899 |
| Producer | Muga |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Varietal | Other White Blends |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
| Blend | 40% Viura, 30% Grenache Blanc, 30% Maturana |
| ABV | 14.0% |
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