Tempranillo blanco was discovered in 1988 in a Tempranillo vineyard near Murillo de Río Leza in the La Rioja province of northern Spain. While Tempranillo is a dark-skinned variety used to produce red wine, they discovered that one of their vines had undergone a mutation that produced yellow-green clusters. Tempranillo blanco was born and today Vina Ijalba have 1.5 hectares planted to the variety. 15% of the wine has been aged in American oak giving complex smokey aromas and flavours. Exceptional mouthfeel, dry, fruity and balanced
