2021 · Soft and Elegant · Spain

Monopole’ Blanco

CVNE Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (The Northern Spanish Wine Company)

Vintage: 2021
Grape: Macabeo (Viura)
Region: La Rioja
Country: Spain
Style: Soft and Elegant
Price band: Under $20

What the producer is held to

Certified — audited by somebody else

IWCA

A certification is a standard a third party checks against; a practice is a description the producer applies to itself. The difference is the whole argument. What the words mean.

No tasting note. This catalogue records what a bottle has been held to, not what we thought of the glass — the notes are in the book.

Near it on the shelf

More like this.

The same style first, then the same colour, then the same country. A shared certification is not a family resemblance, so it is not a reason to turn up here.