Roda I Blanco 2020

TASTING NOTES

• View: Clean and bright gold with greenish reflections.
• Nose: Complex and intense with citrus notes reminiscent of grapefruit. Pleasant quince smell and white flesh peach sensation. Fresh floral note very fine, related to fresh elderflower. Fresh set, the citrus and slightly bitter side stand out on the corpulence of the white-fleshed peach that forms the base. It is very original and mineral sensations appear that connect it to the limestone earth. The madrea is impeccably assembled. The whole is elegant and serious and on the nose you can already guess the volume that will be felt in the mouth.
• Palate: The entrance generates a perception of fullness and freshness. The retronasal route is very powerful and the whole range of fruits, quince, grapefruit, white flesh peach and rhubarb reappear. Minerals from the limestone soil also appear. The fat component is very pleasant and covers the mouth filling it with fresh volume. The aftertaste lengthens, leaving the citrus sensation of grapefruit. There is a backbone of good acidity and freshness that forms the skeleton of the wine and makes it long and vibrant.

 
ELABORATION

Made mainly with Viura and with a small part of Malvasia and Garnacha Blanca.
Maceration in French oak vats. Fermentation in tub and French oak bocoyes.
Aged for 18 months in French oak bocoyes + 18 months in bottle.

CURIOSITIES

Bodegas Roda is located on the banks of the Ebro River, on a balcony in the Haro Station District, on a centenary draft. The facilities were tailored to their wines: seventeen French oak vats (as many as selected vineyards per season), a bioclimatic room resulting from an unprecedented commitment to innovation and two aging warehouses excavated directly into the rock.

When the 17 different wines have been in barrel for a year, the definitive moment arrives to assemble the payments that have characteristics of RODA and those that have their character is RODA I. For RODA go the red fruit wines, with the aromas always present on the edge of the glass, ready to be appreciated immediately, with sweet spices and a festive freshness. In the mouth the red fruit should be the protagonist, with a fresh, long, silky and continuous volume palate. Important wines, perfect for gastronomy.

For RODA I go the black fruit wines, with aromas of great depth that come slowly from the depth of the glass and become large in the nose, with mineral, chocolate and black plum notes. In the mouth they should be fruity, voluminous, complex, enveloping and long, with melted tannins and fresh sensation. Great wines, for gastronomy and reflection.

The selection of the two wines represents a complex team work for which many tastings and a great rapport are necessary. There are vineyards that one year will be part of RODA I and the following year are part of RODA, there may even be years that do not enter the winery. Everything depends on the whim of the annual meteorology and its interpretation in each ecosystem.