Winery: Jade Gross Wines
Región: D.O.C. Rioja (Rioja Alta)
Vintage: 2024
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: Viura, White Tempranillo and White Grenache
Type: White Wine, oak-aged
Alcohol Content: 14.5% vol.
Serving Temperature: 6° - 9°
Chiguita is the white wine of Jade Gross's emerging project in Rioja, a project that is generating great expectation for the quality and unique personality of its wines. Wines made in the most artisanal way with minimal intervention, giving priority to the expression of the varietal and the characteristics of the terroir. The result is a range of wines that reflects her own interpretation when it comes to choosing the specific plots and the diversity of the blends.
Chiguita is a blend of the local varieties, where the Viura has major protagonism, White Tempranillo, and White Grenache. All the grapes come from old vineyards after a rigorous selection. The Tempranillo Blanco and the White Grenache come from the Alto de Najerilla with clay-ferrous soils, and the Viura is grown on calcareous soils in San Vicente de la Sonsierra.
Wine of very limited production, 3900 bottles produced.
Production:
Handpicked and hand-sorted at the winery. Whole-bunch fermentation takes place in French oak barrels, followed by 6 months of ageing in barrels on their fine lees.
Tasting Notes:
Pale golden yellow in colour. Quite fresh and aromatic on the nose. Combines notes of white fruit, apple and pear fruits with light floral notes and herbal undertones.
In the mouth, it shows great complexity and elegance, is well-balanced and tasty, and has a honeyed background. It displays a good level of acidity to give the feeling of freshness and a slight bitterness towards the end. Dry, long, and vibrant finish.
Notes: A wine of great versatility, it can be paired with food or enjoyed on any occasion, either on its own or with food.
THE PROJECT
Jade Gross is a name to be remembered. Born in Hong, the person behind this emerging project is in La Rioja. An exciting project that is generating great expectation for Jade's unique way to interpret the terroir, which is reflected in her wines, resulting in wines that shine for their distinct personalities.
Jade is a self-made winemaker, and her previous intense working experiences have led her to this most recent project and big challenge. Her CV counts the valuable expertise she gained working as head chef and in the R&D team at prestigious restaurants such as El Celler Can Roca and Mugaritz. An experience that marked her the most was where she got to know Abel Mendoza and Maite Fernández, winemakers from San Vicente de la Sonsierra.
This friendship gave way to what was to be her new and most challenging project; she left gastronomy and embarked on a new venture, starting from scratch in the world of wine in San Vicente de la Sonsierra.
In 2019, a new life starts for Jade. With the help of Abel and Maite and the purchase of grapes from a local winegrower, she made reality her passion, and her first wines were born. In 2020, she bought a vineyard in Labastida, at an altitude of 600 metres, and from then on, with a clear idea of the road to follow, she continued to make wines that would represent her own way of understanding the terroir, at the same time that she never stopped experimenting with varieties, soils, and microclimates, always showing a great commitment to the environment and its people.
After all this, she has succeeded in creating her own stamp on the diverse range of wines by crafting singular and exciting blends that are always produced in small, limited quantities. Her wines shine with their own light, a clear reflection of her enthusiasm, determination, and desire for knowledge.
