El Coto de Rioja 875m Chardonnay

Tasting Notes El Coto de Rioja 875m Chardonnay

A delicious and floral and tropical fruity wine (pineapple), delicately enriched with some vanilla. Wonderfully creamy, fresh and aromatic.

Wine & Food

Thanks to its subtle touch of wood, this Rioja Chardonnay 875 from El Coto is not only a perfect wine for the terrace or as an aperitif, but can also be served with some tasty dishes. A Spanish seafood dish (zarzuela), a Thai rice soup, fatty fish (salmon, anchovies) and all kinds of other delicacies from the sea.

Additional information

At the Finca Carbonera winery, you'll find Rioja's highest vineyards. At an altitude of 875 meters, the Chardonnay grapes for this wine grow. After harvesting, the wine undergoes fermentation and aging in oak barrels. The special thing is that the barrels used are not burned (toasted) but steamed with water. This ensures that the wood influence and taste are truly supportive and that a lot of freshness has remained in this wine.

The El Coto de Rioja winery is a relatively young (1970) but very successful company. The winery in Oyón, just north of Logroño, is impressive due to its scale and efficiency in combination with age-old traditions.

In addition, El Coto owns over 700 hectares of vineyards spread over 7 different locations, allowing them to achieve an optimal diversity of grape supply. Vineyard management is scientifically supervised, enabling the production of grapes of the highest possible quality under all circumstances.

El Coto produces wines with an exceptionally good price-quality ratio. In a short time, they have grown into one of the leading houses in the region. For example, El Coto Crianza is the best-selling Rioja Crianza in Spain, and El Coto blanco is even the best-selling white Rioja in the entire world!

Awards/Distinctions

• James Suckling, 2018 – 93 points (2017)
• Concurso Internacional Bacchus, 2018 – Gold medal 2017