- 100% Tempranillo
- From the village of Elvillar de Álava
- The vineyard was planted 1965 and has deep soils with a loamy, permeable texture and organic material on the surface
- One of Artadi’s newer single-vineyard bottlings
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
Spain
Region:
Basque Country
Appellation:
Vino de Espana
Variety:
Tempranillo
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-ART-24-21 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2023-10-09
"Lots of wet earth, dark mushrooms and bark with blackberries and raspberries. Medium to full body, with firm and lightly chewy tannins that are so silky. Tight and focused with a savory finish. From organically grown grapes. Give it two or three years."
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2024-04-18
"The 2021 La Hoya is an impressive new Rioja red. Crafted from 100% Tempranillo sourced from a 1965-planted plot on calcareous soils, it hails from Elvillar de Álava, Rioja Alavesa. This purple-hued wine offers a bouquet of violet, grapefruit and herbs, intertwined with notes of pennyroyal and cherry. On the palate, it is dry, rich and fairly chalky, with a compact and complex finish that maintains primary freshness. This wine exemplifies a terroir-driven approach, also showcasing Artadi's distinctive, peppery style."
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2024-02-29
"The 2021 La Hoya was one of the surprises. The wine has grown a lot and feels serious and elegant, open and expressive, showy and a little exuberant, with a very elegant palate too, seamless, with fine tannins, precise, focused and clean. They feel the vineyard is improving, getting better balanced and delivering better and better grapes and wines with less rusticity and more finesse. 4,000 bottles were filled in May 2023."