“With this wine, I have an educational opportunity; to showcase the characteristics of the variety, and promote it within the DO in order to counteract its decline in cultivation and uprooting of existing historic vineyards.” -Javier Arizcuren

Garnacha was the predominant grape in Rioja Baja until no more than 30 years ago and with our single-varietal, Arizcuren SoloGarnacha, we aim to spotlight this varietal’s superior expression on the northern slopes of the Sierra de Yerga, as well as its particular suitability for cultivation in this area. To achieve this, we worked some of the few remaining old Garnacha vines, to produce a wine that would showcase not just the grape but the training system used (goblet), and location (the Yerga mountain range) and could help to reverse the unfortunate “desertification” of this area’s historic Garnacha vineyards.

To fully respect and showcase this grape and its terroir, we have followed the principle of minimal intervention in our production process, using no additives (except for a minimal amount of sulfur) and replacing traditional aging in wood with aging in clay amphorae, for a much rounder and more finished wine, to achieve the purest expression of this grape.

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