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2024 De la Riva "Macharnudo" Blanco Vino de Pasto Jerez

2024 De la Riva "Macharnudo" Blanco Vino de Pasto Jerez

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James Suckling

Review Date: 09/2025

*#1 in James Sucklings' Top 100 Wines of Spain 2025* This opens with iodine, crusted sea salt and a subtle touch of lime, wrapped in delicate floral notes. The palate is saline and expansive, yet ample and incisive, with a deep texture. There’s a solid and angular, almost architectural sense of salinity here, layered and persistent. One of the most compelling expressions of this style. Drink or hold. (JG)

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Jane Anson

Review Date: 07/2025
Hold on to your hats, this is grippy, slim, intense, a slow burn white that reminds you just how brilliant the Palomino grape can be. Gunsmoke reduction on the opening, juicy and fleshy but so understated, soy, sea spray, white pear, grilled almonds, with a touch of Xeres tang. Limestone soils, 3.35ha, harvest August 30, fermented in 615l sherry butts, no temperature control, one year of flor ageing. From the brilliant De La Riva winery, with owners and winemakers Willy Perez and Ramiro Ibanez.

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Decanter

Review Date: 07/2025
Iodine and saltiness on the nose, really smells of the ocean - like an oyster shack with orange and lemon scents alongside white pepper and pears. Wild herbal elements with brisk acidity and a deep salty core - olive tapenade and lots of toasted nuts. Quite a singular style with some smokey reduction and a minerality that just lasts and lasts. Director Luis Pérez, winemakers Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Pérez. (GH)

Notes

Renowned winemakers Willy Pérez and Ramiro Ibañez revived the historic M. Antonio de la Riva label as part of their almacenista project, reconnecting forgotten soleras with their vineyard origins. Founded in the early 20th century, de la Riva was a key figure in Jerez, advocating for the region and its producers. Pago Macharnudo, with 3,000 years of history, lies 18km from the coast at 136 meters elevation—Jerez’s highest. This Vino Blanco comes from the renowned El Notario plot in Macharnudo Alto. Hand-harvested in late August, the Palomino grapes saw 6–8 hours of skin contact before pressing and spontaneous fermentation in 600L botas. Aged under flor for 20 months, the wine revives a classic early-1900s Jerez style once emblematic of the de la Riva bodega.

Product Details

Origin: Sherry, Spain

Type/Varietal: Other White Wines

SKU: #1970630

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