Bodegas Muga Rioja Flor de Muga Rosado 2023

Tasting Notes

"Many consider 2023 a very good year for whites and rosés, and the 2023 Flor de Muga Rosado is a good example of it. It's the direct pressing of Garnacha grapes from the Najerilla and Oja valleys, kept with fine lees and bâtonnage for four months and matured in 500- and 600-liter oak barrels. It's elegant and delicate but does not lack power or ripeness. It comes in at 14% alcohol, keeping very good freshness, reflected by a pH of 3.19 and 6.02 grams of acidity. The cooler zone where the grapes are sourced meant that the vines behaved better, and the red soils lend more minerality to the wines. The result is quite good. It's very pale, almost a blanc de noirs, with a subtle and elegant nose and a solid palate with very tasty, focused and precise flavors. It was a shorter crop because of lower yields and a stricter selection because two of the vineyards got damaged by hail. 26,590 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024." - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate