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La Rioja Alta Ardanza Reserva Rioja
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La Rioja Alta is one of the most revered traditional producers in Haro, crafting benchmark Rioja since 1890. Still owned by the founding families, the winery is known for its classically styled wines that are medium-bodied, gently oxidative, and rich in savoury, secondary complexity. This wine is a blend of 80 percent Tempranillo from 30-year-old vineyards in Fuenmayor and Cenicero, and 20 percent Garnacha from a single high-altitude plot in Tudelilla, Rioja Baja. Each variety is aged separately in American oak, with Tempranillo spending three years in barrel and Garnacha two and a half, before blending and bottling to create a wine of timeless Rioja character.
“2017 was not an easy harvest, but it produced some beautiful and classical wines, like the 2017 Viña Ardanza Reserva, which shows a little more advancement and polish and is ready to drink. It was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha from their vineyard La Pedriza in Tudelilla. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in American oak barrels, 36 months for the Tempranillo and 30 for the Garnacha (that was harvested 15 days later), with six rackings. It’s ripe and aromatic, tertiary, with 14.5% alcohol and mellow acidity, a medium-bodied palate and sleek tannins. It has a pungent note of clove and pepper, some licorice and ink and the cherries in liqueur from the Garnacha. An updated classical Ardanza. It was bottled in March 2021.” 94 Points - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
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