Rioja

In 1985 in Laguardia, a small town in the Alevesa region of Rioja, a group of local vineyard owners founded Artadi as a co-operative with the view of focussing on their vineyards. This project was taken over in 1992 by the Localle... Read More

The new kid on the block ... It's spicier, with notes of aromatic herbs, but it's a little bit framed by the oak with the core of blood orange and an ethereal side. The palate has abundant, slightly dusty tannins, chalky... Read More

Javi Revert is one of the most exciting young growers in the Mediterranean zone of Spain. - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

Simeta is made from the rare, local, and indigenous variety Arcos which once was widely planted... Read More

As with La Canoca the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single-vineyard to a paraje (lieu-dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced. It's Tempranillo with some 10% white grapes... Read More

There is a change in the 2022 La Canoca as this year it's no longer a single-vineyard wine but a paraje or lieu-dit wine that includes more plots from the same place. Therefore volumes have grown from 500 bottles in the previous... Read More

The 2011 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial was produced with a blend of 84% Tempranillo and 16% Mazuelo (Cariñena) from a plot called La Plana that was planted in 1950 at 485 meters in altitude the highest in the Ygay property.... Read More

I tasted again the 2012 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial as the wine was not produced in 2013 2014 or 2015 and the 2016 will not be released until 2027. The next vintages will be 2017 2019 and 2021. The 2012 was produced with... Read More

A barrel selection of the most age-worthy wines from the vintage make the 2016 Gran Reserva Limited Edition this year a blend of 82% Tempranillo 10% Graciano and 8% Mazuelo selected from their 300 hectares of vineyards. The grapes... Read More

The showy 2020 Malpuesto from the zone of the same name in Villabuena de Álava comes in a huge Burgundy bottle but the wine feels more proportioned than ever with much better integrated oak and contained ripeness and extraction.... Read More