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Altos de la Guardia Blanco 2022

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Altos de la Guardia Blanco 2022
This old-vine Viura comes from Altos de Rioja, the highest-elevation winery in the area, with 600+ awards to its name. Plush and generously fruited, it will be a welcome partner to aged or creamy cheeses and roasted poultry.
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Wine Details

  • White - Dry
  • SpainSpain
  • White blend
  • Vegan
  • 14% ABV
  • 750 ml
  • Vegetarian
  • 18 July 2025

Flavor Profile

Wine Flavor Profile
Altos de la Guardia Blanco is a full-bodied white wine with floral, white peach aromas and tropical- and orchard-fruit flavors. Vibrant and concentrated, it has a Burgundy-like complexity and creamy edge.
Wine Food Pairings
Chicken, turkey, pork, fresh shellfish (and white fish), vegetable dishes, light salads.
Beyond the label

From one of Spain’s most awarded wine cellars (600+ awards and counting), situated high above the clouds in Rioja’s northern Rioja Alavesa sub-zone, Altos de la Guardia Blanco is a voluptuous and mouthwatering, full-bodied white that offers generous flavors of pear and guava.

It’s made from old-vine Viura grown in and around the high-altitude villages of Kripan (at about 2,200 feet in elevation) and El Bilar (at about 1,900 feet in elevation), where cooler temperatures preserve freshness and increased sunlight concentrates flavors.

Viura is the principal white grape of Rioja, and a bit of a chameleon in the wine cellar thanks to its rather neutral character. If fermented in stainless steel, it can be super fresh and expressive, with lovely stone-fruit flavors and an interesting, Burgundy-like texture. But when oak-aged, expressions are more likely to be velvet-smooth, fruit-forward and almost honeyed in nature.

Because both techniques were used to produce this bottling—some fruit was fermented in steel, and about a third fermented in oak—and the final blend was aged in oak, it offers the best of both worlds.

The wine opens with enchanting elderflower and white peach aromas and pours into a vibrant, yet pillow-soft palate of tropical and orchard fruit flavors. Delicious on its own, it would also be a welcome partner to aged or creamy cheeses, hearty fish preparations and roasted poultry, or good friends and a picnic table.

Though demand for white Rioja continues to rise, yields of this wine remain small (and have been getting smaller each year). This is likely the last vintage we’ll see of this wine for a few years, so hurry to secure yours.

From one of Spain’s most awarded wine cellars (600+ awards and counting), sit

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“Purity of fruit and nice vibrancy combine with a Burgundy feel of complexity,"

Sarah Everden

Spanish wine expert

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