White Wine

López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserve 2013, 75cl

Rioja, Spain

López de Heredia

Grapes from Viña Tondonia are always used in the production of the highest quality wines, and naturally, during truly exceptional vintages.

The character of these wines is shaped by several factors: the climate, the soil, careful work in the vineyard, the winemaking process, and finally, the meticulous care during the long ageing period in oak barrels, followed by bottle ageing.

It is a long, almost mystical process — a path of continuous refinement until the wine reaches its full expression.

Winemaking and Ageing: Blend of Viura (90%) and Malvasía (10%). Aged for 6 years in oak barrels, with racking twice a year and fined with fresh egg whites. Further ageing in 75 cl bottles, unfiltered.

Food Pairing Suggestions
Firm-fleshed fish (ideally)
Grilled: Sea bass, sea bream, turbot, mackerel, tuna belly, monkfish, and hake neck cuts.
In sauce: Cod “à la pil-pil” (poached in olive oil), cod “a la Riojana” (with peppers and tomato), cod or hake cheeks, hake in parsley sauce, tuna with tomato or onions, monkfish in sauce Américaine, among others.

Rice dishes
Creamy or sticky rice cooked in seafood broth.

Fish stews
Marmitako (potato and tuna or shellfish stew with lobster), stews with potatoes and cod or monkfish.

Egg dishes
Various scrambled egg options: with oyster mushrooms, prawns, garlic shoots, wild mushrooms or foie gras. Also pairs well with Spanish omelette or simply fried eggs.

White meats
Roasted or marinated chicken, turkey, duck, or rabbit.

Pasta
Sautéed with oyster mushrooms or seafood.

Aged cheeses
Especially hard cheeses with intense flavour.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

R. López de Heredia/ Viña Tondonia, S. A.

For 147 years, four generations of the López de Heredia family have been dedicated to producing exceptional and unique wines. Masterpieces that have achieved what the founder of the company, Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta, defined in the late nineteenth century as the “Supreme Rioja”.

Vineyard care, scrupulous grape selection, aging in oak barrels in the heart of deep underground galleries, and subsequent aging in bottles, all contribute to making these wines world-famous, with their exceptional bouquet.

No grapes from other regions have been used to make any of López de Heredia’s wines; not even when the Consejo Regulador (Regulating Body) of the DOC Rioja allowed, once, the use of grapes from other regions under certain conditions and circumstances. This winery has never used other grapes or wines since its foundation in 1877; a fact recognized by the Regulating Body in the form of a “Diploma de Garantía” (Diploma of Guarantee) awarded exclusively to López de Heredia/Viña Tondonia, S. A. This diploma is proudly displayed on the back label of all bottles.

Address

Avda. de Vizcaya, 3. 26200 Haro. La Rioja