Arizcuren Bodega y Viñedos

Sologarnacha

$50.51 CAD/btl $74.50 CAD/btl Retail $151.53 CAD/case $223.50 CAD/case Retail

93 Points - Tim Atkin (Master of Wine)

Notes

When Javier Arizcuren isn’t designing wineries for Rioja’s cutting-edge winemakers, he’s crafting some of the region's most expressive wines. As both an architect and a winemaker, Javier brings his discerning and creative mind into all of his work.

Solo Garnacha is naturally cold macerated in small stainless steel vats for about three days, and fermented in the same stainless steel open vats for about twelve days with daily gentle foot-treading. It went through the malolactic fermentation in used French-oak 400-litre barrels, with an ageing period of twelve months in the same barrels.
Think fruity aromas of juicy cherries and red plums, dark berries, mediterranean aromatic herbs, and some mineral, earthy notes.

In Javier’s own words:
“Garnacha was the most extended variety in la Rioja no more than forty years ago. But now it covers just about 10% of all Rioja's vineyard.

With this wine I want to show the beauty and qualities of this variety, especially in this very specific Rioja Terroir of the Northern slopes of the Sierra de Yerga, and therefore the suitability of the terroir to the Garnachas.

The grapes come from two of the few old vineyards of Garnacha left in the area."

Javier's urban winery/architectural studio is in downtown Logroño, the capital of La Rioja. Logroño traditionally had small wineries in many of its buildings, until a few decades ago. Javier’s is now the only urban winery in Logroño.

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