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| | | "This is one of the finest vintages in our history — comparable to 2001, 2010 and 2015 — marking the culmination of an extraordinary decade for Viña Ardanza. It is a wine of great complexity and aging potential." Julio Sáenz (Winemaker)
High praise indeed, given that 2001 and 2010 were two of only four vintages in Ardanza’s history to be marked as Selecciones Especiales by the winery… Outside critics agree—Tim Atkin MW, likely the most authoritative Rioja taster writing in English today, remarked this about the vintage: “There are certainly reasons to be cheerful… The first is the excellence of the 2019 vintage, which is the best since 2010. The reds in particular will surely prove as special as those from great Rioja years of the recent past – 1964, 1970, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2010.” Tim Atkin MW
Vina Ardanza is one of those wines that never ceases to amaze me. When I drink it, my first thought is always, “This good at this price?”. The price to quality ratio is off the charts. A bigger, more lush, concentrated style, the 2019 can be consumed now, or you can hold it for another 10+ years in the cellar. |
| | | "No 2018 was produced, so after the 2017 I tasted last year, we jumped to the 2019 Viña Ardanza Reserva, produced with a blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. It fermented destemmed in stainless steel and aged in American oak barrels, 36 months for the Tempranillo and 30 months for Garnacha, and was blended before bottling. 2019 is a very good year for them, a small crop of powerful and concentrated wines when they produced all their brands, an exception. This is spicy, structured, balanced and powerful in this warm year, reaching the customary 14.5% alcohol and keeping a pH of 3.54 and 5.5 grams of acidity. It's still very young and undeveloped, with the classical profile, generous in American oak aromas and flavors that should slowly integrate in the wine with years in bottle. For them, 2019 means a change in Ardanza, less spicy (but still quite spicy, with clove, vanilla and tobacco leaves) and with more fresh fruit from the Garnacha. But the year is a modern version of 2015. 500,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2023. No 2023 or 2024 will be produced either." 94 Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate, Feb 2025 |
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