"94/100 Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate:
“2019 is a very good year for them, a small crop of powerful and concentrated wines. This is spicy, structured, balanced and powerful in this warm year, reaching the customary 14.5% alcohol. 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. Drink now - 2038.”"
The Tempranillo grapes (80%) comes from the 30-year-old La Cuesta and Montecillo vineyards, located in Fuenmayor and Cenicero. The Garnacha (20%) comes from La Pedriza vineyard in Tudelilla (Rioja Baja), at an altitude of 550 m above sea level. This 67 hectare property offers unbeatable conditions for growing this variety.
