Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Deep Ruby color with aromas of fruit and earthy forest floor and woodsy notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry and plum with cedar, tobacco, leather and smoky notes. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit, tobacco, toasty cedar and earthy mineral character. Nice will continue to age! — 2 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | from Sauvignon Blanc and Gewürztraminer| apricot, fine balance — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2002 — 3 years ago

Sparky Fx

9.7

Dark forest fruit, leather, dark chocolate, wild cherry. Integrated tannins and a long length. — a month ago

Brandi Bratek

9.0

Delicious and tastes way pricier than it is. — 2 months ago

Ruud Verhagen

9.5

already a very seductive wine…👌🏼 — 2 years ago

Paul T HB

9.4

For the price👍🏼
Winery notes as follows

Based in the Southern Rioja Alta village of Badarán, Martínez Alesanco is bodega producing expressive, regionally specific wines at very reasonable prices. They are entirely self reliant in grapes, all of which are grown in their home village of Badarán, one of the coldest zones of Rioja Alta. The vineyards are closer to the Sierra de la Demanda mountains, a range whose elevation and snow-covered peaks are even more dramatic than the Sierra Cantabria range to the north. Martínez Alesanco's Blanco is made from equal parts Viura, White Tempranillo, Malvasia, and Sauvignon Blanc in iron-rich clay soils. In fact, this red-tinged, iron-laden clay marks the wines as noticeably as it does the homes and structures of this structures of this off-the-beaten-path, soulful Rioja village. Given the coolness of the harvest combined with Badarán's unique colder climate, this is a zippy and bone dry white that makes for a perfect aperitivo or foil to fresh oysters, sushi, anchoas, jamon, you name it. Crisp, lively, ever so drinkable white. — 3 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Yellow. Herbaceous first, chalk. Rich taste. Pear. Nuts. Sweet nuance but good acidity.
Sauvignon Blanc 40%, Viura 30%, Tempranillo Blanco 15%, Malvasia 10%, Maturana Blanca 5% SIERRA CANTABRIA BLANCO, Rioja 17 @1980, Yang, 250126-250210 — 2 months ago

Nolan Berlin

9.2

Aged underwater. Possibly a gimmick, but a dry, balanced, and very interesting Basque wine. — 7 months ago

Dan

9.2

Wow, great aromas and still good juicy fruit. Very interesting almost like a burgundy. — 2 years ago