Abeica Abaris 2023 | La Sonsierra | Rioja

Name: Abeica Abaris 2023 | La Sonsierra | Rioja
Brand: Abeica
SKU: 935
Price: 22.89 EUR
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From a single vineyard on the Santa Ana plot in Ábalos, 600 meters above sea level. Old vineyard with traditional bush-vine training. Poor, shallow soil with limestone marl at the surface. 100% Viura.

Manual harvest. Grape selection. Cold skin maceration for 48 hours. Light pressing. Settling, alcoholic fermentation and aging on the lees in 500-litre new French oak barrels, working the batonage technique for the first few weeks. Barrel aging for 10 months. Clarified and bottled.

Production: 1,113 bottles.

Wine Identification
Abeica Abaris is a white wine from the Abeica winery, vintage 2023. It carries the Rioja appellation and originates from La Rioja, Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
The grapes are sourced exclusively from the Santa Ana parcel in Ábalos, situated at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level. The vineyard consists of old vines trained in traditional bush vine style. The soil is described as poor, shallow, and composed of limestone marls on the surface. The wine is made from 100% Viura grapes. Harvesting is conducted manually with careful grape selection.

In the winery, the process begins with a cold skin maceration for 48 hours. This is followed by a gentle pressing and racking. Fermentation takes place in new 500-liter French oak barrels. The wine undergoes lees aging for ten months, during which batonnage (lees stirring) is performed during the initial weeks. The final product is clarified and bottled, with a total production of 1,113 bottles.

Tasting Profile
As a white wine from Rioja, Abaris reflects the characteristics of the Viura grape grown in high-altitude, limestone-rich soils. The winemaking approach emphasizes texture and complexity through extended contact with lees and oak influence. The cold maceration likely preserves primary fruit aromas, while the French oak integration adds structure. The use of batonnage suggests a creamy mouthfeel and enhanced aromatic depth.

Critics' Scores
The Wine Advocate (Parker) awarded this wine a score of 94.

Overall Character
Abeica Abaris presents itself as a serious, structured white wine defined by its specific terroir in Ábalos. The combination of old vines, shallow limestone soils, and meticulous winemaking—including cold maceration and extended lees aging in new French oak—indicates a wine built for complexity and texture rather than simple fruitiness. It represents a focused expression of Viura from a distinct parcel within the Rioja region.

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Learn more about Abeica

Abeica has farmed vines in Ábalos for five generations. This three-hundred-inhabitant village in La Sonsierra sits beneath a mountain ridge that acts as a natural screen, with vineyards on clay-limestone soils between 450 and 590 metres. Julián Fernández bought the first plots for family use; today siblings Isabel, Ricardo, Pachi and Raúl lead the project. In the nineties the bodega grew by buying in grapes from neighbours — the four siblings chose to go back to working only with their own vines.

Viticulture is organic in practice, uncertified — they call it living viticulture: whole-family manual harvest, no tractor (steep slopes are worked with a mechanical mule), low yields and parcel-by-parcel selection. Varieties are Rioja's own: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo for reds and Viura, Garnacha blanca and Torrontés for whites. Each vineyard has its own name: Carronillo, Larrumbe, El Bardallo, Abaris. The Mazuelo de Larrumbe grows at 590 metres and yields barely 1,500 bottles; Abaris is old-vine Viura fermented in French oak.

Winemaking blends the carbonic maceration of Rioja tradition with whole-cluster fermentation and cold pre-fermentation. The wines have a clear sense of variety and of place — the kind that only comes from old vines in land you own.

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