{"id":9723,"date":"2024-06-13T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T09:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/tronco-negro-mejor-blanco-singular-rioja-decanter\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:29:49","slug":"tronco-negro-best-singular-white-wine-rioja-decanter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/tronco-negro-best-singular-white-wine-rioja-decanter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tronco Negro, the best white wine from a singular vineyard in the DOCa Rioja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tronco Negro, our white wine obtained from the unique vineyard of the same name, has been rated as the best in its category <\/span><b>in a blind tasting organized by the prestigious magazine Dencanter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We tell you everything about this great news in this post.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decanter&#8217;s tasting of unique Rioja vineyards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prestigious magazine Decanter has carried out a blind <a title=\"Read about it in Decanter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.decanter.com\/premium\/rioja-vinedos-singulares-panel-tasting-results-529057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tasting of the single vineyard wines of the Rioja Designation of Origin<\/a>. The magazine invited producers from the region to present up to two wines included within this category. Of the 48 participants, three obtained the grade of outstanding; <\/span><b>Tronco Negro being the highest rated white of all with 95 points<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-fw link\" title=\"Buy here our wine Tronco Negro\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/tienda\/vinedo-singular-tronco-negro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-for=\"#informacion-reveal\">Buy here our wine Tronco Negro<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7ynHUXtwlL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver esta publicaci\u00f3n en Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7ynHUXtwlL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de Bodegas Valdelana (@bodegasvaldelana)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decanter tasting panel on Tronco Negro<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decanter prepared a detailed tasting panel for each of the wines and this is what they published about Tronco Negro: \u201cOne of several single vineyard wines made by the Valdelana family in Elciego. <\/span><b>A complex and unique blend of viura and other varieties<\/b> <b>white <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coming from a vineyard planted in 1935. The wine undergoes carbonic maceration and remains in contact with the skins until the end of fermentation. Then it spends a year in barrel on its lees.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2d-Juan-Valdelana-vendimiando-en-el-vinedo-singular-Tronco-Negro.jpg\" alt=\"Juan Valdelana vendimiando el vi\u00f1edo singular Tronco Negro - Elciego (Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tasters&#8217; notes of our white wine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wine was tasted by Beth Willard, Matthew Foster and Pierre Mansour, <\/span><b>three prominent personalities in the world of wine and contributors to Decanter magazine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These were his words about Tronco Negro:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Beth Willard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: very fresh aromas of cut grass, wild fennel, mint and mountain herbs. The palate offers a waxy texture with beautiful layers of lemon curd and quince. Expressive and lively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Matthew Foster MW:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> elevated aromas of marzipan, with stewed wild apple. Yellow apple with a caramel-rimmed finish. A trace of oxidation that provides complexity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Pierre Mansour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Marked new oak and spiced vanilla. Intense and beautifully structured with discreet fruit. Great guarding power.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3a-Ficha-de-cata-de-Tronco-Negro-en-Decanter.jpg\" alt=\"Panel de cata en Decanter de Tronco Negro, un vino de vi\u00f1edo singular de Bodegas Valdelana (Elciego, Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decanter, one of the most important wine magazines in the world<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decanter has earned the right to be distinguished as one of the great references in the wine press after almost 50 years of existence. Decanter offers the content to<\/span><b> more than one hundred countries and estimates its reach at more than two million impacts<\/b> <b>monthly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between its print and digital channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2e-Judit-y-Juan-Valdelana-en-el-vinedo-singular-Santa-Cruz.jpg\" alt=\"Judit y Juan en el vi\u00f1edo singular Santa Cruz de Bodegas Valdelana (Elciego, Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recognition of the singular vineyards of Juan Valdelana<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to understand well what unique vineyards are for understanding the magnitude of this recognition. Although <a title=\"We are the winery with the most unique vineyards in Rioja\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/most-unique-vineyards-doca-rioja\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we talk about them in this article<\/a>, it should be noted that, since 2017, the Rioja Denomination of Origin includes more specific information on the origin of the wine on the labels and distinguishes those that have been obtained from unique vineyards. It has to meet some requirements such as being more than 35 years old, the harvest being manual and the production being very limited for a vineyard to be categorized as singular. Juan Valdelana has been interested in this type of vineyard for years and with <\/span><b>eleven owned has made us the winery with the most unique vineyards in the DOCa Rioja<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgBVkv7V-VI?si=iOJCBJbnve-UYfGT\" width=\"100%\" height=\"467\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tronco Negro, one of the unique vineyards of Bodegas Valdelana<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan is producing wines from seven of those eleven plots, among which is Tronco Negro. This <\/span><b>vineyard from 1935 is located near Elciego and has been nicknamed that way because a fungus of the same name is found there<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a very rare, dark mushroom that is toxic raw, but can be eaten if subjected to long cooking processes. From there we mainly obtain viura, which is harvested manually and used to make this wine using the traditional carbonic maceration system. This wine also has a year of aging in barrels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2a-Juan-Valdelana-en-el-vinedo-singular-Tronco-Negro.jpg\" alt=\"Juan Valdelana en Tronco Negro, uno de los vi\u00f1edos singulares de Bodegas Valdelana (Elciego, Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our unique vineyards are in the best restaurants<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very specific conditions of these vineyards and their exploitation mean that the production of these wines is very limited. We must add to this that restaurants such as Celler de Can Roca, Arzak or Martin Berasategui have been interested in these wines since their launch in 2022, so a large part of our production has been destined for their restaurants. Fortunately, <\/span><b>we still have a few bottles in our cellar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Tronco Negro, or you can buy them directly from our online store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-fw link\" title=\"Buy it in our online shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/tienda\/vinedo-singular-tronco-negro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-for=\"#informacion-reveal\">Buy it in our online shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1b-Vino-singular-Tronco-Negro-mejor-blanco-revista-Decanter.jpg\" alt=\"Tronco Negro, vino de vi\u00f1edo singular de Bodegas Valdelana - Mejor vino blanco de la categor\u00eda para Decanter\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This recognition of Tronco Negro as the best white from a single vineyard in the DOCa is another push forward to continue betting on one of the projects that has given us the most joy from the beginning. <\/span><b>Thanks to Decanter magazine for the distinction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to all of you for your constant support.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Tronco Negro wine has been rated as the best white from a single vineyard in the DOCa Rioja in a blind tasting by the prestigious Decanter magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,2,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premios-en","category-uncategorized","category-vinedos-singulares-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9727,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723\/revisions\/9727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}