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De La Riva Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja Saca 2025 | Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Name: De La Riva Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja Saca 2025 | Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Brand: De La Riva
SKU: 786
Price: 19.75 EUR
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Bodegas De La Riva is a historic house of the Marco de Jerez, now revived, working with old soleras and single-pago wines. The 'Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja' is sourced exclusively from the Miraflores Baja pago in Sanlúcar de Barrameda — a low-lying albariza vineyard close to the Guadalquivir estuary, where maximum Atlantic humidity drives the thickest, most active flor in the region. 100% Palomino Fino.

'Saca 2025' denotes a direct en rama extraction from the solera, bottled with minimal intervention. Biological ageing entirely under the veil of flor gives Manzanilla its fresh, saline identity, setting it apart from Fino of the inland Jerez bodegas.

Wine Identification
De La Riva Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja Saca 2025 is a generoso wine produced by Bodegas De La Riva, located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalucía, Spain. The wine belongs to the Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda appellation and is a saca (bottling run) drawn from the solera of the Pago Miraflores Baja.

Origin and Winemaking
The vineyard is situated in a low-lying parcel of albariza soils adjacent to the Guadalquivir River estuary. This specific geography ensures maximum Atlantic humidity, creating ideal conditions for the development of an intense veil of flor. The wine is crafted exclusively from Palomino Fino grapes. Bodegas De La Riva, a historic house within the Marco de Jerez now revived, utilizes ancient soleras and single-estate wines for this bottling.

The vinification process involves complete biological aging under the veil of flor, which imparts the characteristic fresh and saline identity of Manzanilla, distinguishing it from Fino styles produced elsewhere. The "Saca 2025" denotes a direct extraction from the solera system. The wine is bottled with minimal intervention, either unfiltered or with very light filtration, preserving its natural structure and aromatic complexity.

Tasting Profile
The winemaking parameters suggest a profile defined by the intense flor development facilitated by the high humidity of the estuary. The biological aging under veil and minimal intervention bottling point to a wine with pronounced freshness, salinity, and the distinctive character typical of Manzanilla from Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Critical Reception
The wine has received a score of 96 points from critic Tim Atkin.

Overall Character
De La Riva Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja Saca 2025 is a bottling that combines ancient soleras with precise, minimal-intervention winemaking. It serves as a pure expression of the Miraflores Baja terroir, leveraging the unique Atlantic humidity to produce a Manzanilla with distinctive saline freshness.

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Learn more about De La Riva

This brand spent years sitting in a drawer. Manuel Antonio de la Riva y Pomar (1838-1909) founded the house in the mid-nineteenth century, buying from a relative a bodega that already existed in 1776. He came to hold 53 hectares in the Macharnudo pago — with plots such as La Riva, Sabel and Los Arcos — and made a name on the strength of his old soleras.

The house stayed with his descendants until Pedro Domecq bought it in the early seventies. Later, when Pernod Ricard took over Allied-Domecq in 2005, the brand was shelved.

Willy Pérez and Ramiro Ibáñez managed to buy it a few years later and started the project in 2017. They work with old soleras and single-pago wines, and they make two manzanillas: one from Miraflores Baja and another from Balbaína Alta.

The Manzanilla Fina Miraflores Baja comes from a low albariza plot right by the Guadalquivir estuary, where Atlantic humidity is at its highest and the veil of flor develops strongly. It is 100% Palomino Fino with full biological ageing under flor.

The 2025 saca is drawn en rama straight from the solera and bottled with minimal intervention, unfiltered or with only a very light filtration.

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