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R. López de Heredia 'Viña Gravonia' Rioja Blanco Crianza
Rioja, Spain
Grapes — 100% Viura
Tasting Notes — Beeswax, dried lemon, honeysuckle, and a whisper of bitter orange. This is not a fruit-forward wine — it is something richer and stranger, built on fully developed tertiary character that unfolds slowly in the glass. Oxidative and nutty, with a cedar backbone and a finish that lingers long after the glass is empty.
The Wine — 100% Viura from the Viña Zaconia vineyard, planted on gravelly, south-facing clay-limestone slopes along the banks of the River Ebro in Haro. Vines average 30–40 years old. The wine ferments in century-old oak vats, then spends four years aging in old American oak barrels before additional time in bottle — released only when the family decides it's ready.
Farming — Organically farmed estate fruit. López de Heredia has never relied on chemical treatments, farming all 170+ hectares of their own vineyards by hand, as they have since 1877.
Winemaking — Fermented with native yeasts, aged in old oak for four years with no filtration and no chemical additions. Fined traditionally with egg whites. López de Heredia still operates its own on-site cooperage and makes its own barrels — a practice virtually unheard of in modern winemaking.
The Producer — Founded in 1877 and still entirely family-owned, López de Heredia is one of the last great traditionalist bodegas in Rioja. The winery is now led by sisters María José and Mercedes López de Heredia — fourth-generation stewards of their great-great-grandfather's vision. Nothing about the way they make wine has meaningfully changed in nearly 150 years. In an era defined by intervention and trend-chasing, that is not stubbornness — it is conviction.
Drink It With — Salt cod with potatoes and capers, roast chicken with saffron, aged Manchego, or anything you'd pair with a great white Burgundy.
R. López de Heredia 'Viña Gravonia' Rioja Blanco Crianza
Rioja, Spain
Grapes — 100% Viura
Tasting Notes — Beeswax, dried lemon, honeysuckle, and a whisper of bitter orange. This is not a fruit-forward wine — it is something richer and stranger, built on fully developed tertiary character that unfolds slowly in the glass. Oxidative and nutty, with a cedar backbone and a finish that lingers long after the glass is empty.
The Wine — 100% Viura from the Viña Zaconia vineyard, planted on gravelly, south-facing clay-limestone slopes along the banks of the River Ebro in Haro. Vines average 30–40 years old. The wine ferments in century-old oak vats, then spends four years aging in old American oak barrels before additional time in bottle — released only when the family decides it's ready.
Farming — Organically farmed estate fruit. López de Heredia has never relied on chemical treatments, farming all 170+ hectares of their own vineyards by hand, as they have since 1877.
Winemaking — Fermented with native yeasts, aged in old oak for four years with no filtration and no chemical additions. Fined traditionally with egg whites. López de Heredia still operates its own on-site cooperage and makes its own barrels — a practice virtually unheard of in modern winemaking.
The Producer — Founded in 1877 and still entirely family-owned, López de Heredia is one of the last great traditionalist bodegas in Rioja. The winery is now led by sisters María José and Mercedes López de Heredia — fourth-generation stewards of their great-great-grandfather's vision. Nothing about the way they make wine has meaningfully changed in nearly 150 years. In an era defined by intervention and trend-chasing, that is not stubbornness — it is conviction.
Drink It With — Salt cod with potatoes and capers, roast chicken with saffron, aged Manchego, or anything you'd pair with a great white Burgundy.