• Mostly Tempranillo with some Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo, Viura and Malvasía Riojana
• 30 to 50+-year-old bushvines in pure limestone soils
• Fermented with indigenous yeast in open-top wood vats with whole bunches as vintage allows
• Raised for about a year in one 4,000L tina and 225L barrels, all used
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Spain
Region:
La Rioja
Appellation:
Rioja
Variety:
Tempranillo-Based Blend
Color:
Red
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-ANZ-01-22 | 12/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-02-29
"I also tasted the 2022 Anza where he added the grapes of one more plot in Laguardia. The wine has his house style of elegance, subtleness and nuance; it's clean and precise and does not show any heat or oak. It's seamless, bright and velvety. Delicious. 23,420 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023."
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-08-15
"Chalk, vibrant berries, hibiscus and wet stones. Rich in red cherry fruit and plums, but fresh, with a medium to full body and tight, fine-grained tannins. Long and structured. Drink or hold."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2024-04-18
"The 2022 Anza is 87% Tempranillo with 13% Garnacha and Graciano from Laguardia and Elvillar in Rioja Alavesa. A young, purple-hued wine, it offers aromas of sour cherry and elder alongside blackberry and herbal notes. Dry, juicy and taut on the palate, the stemmy, reactive tannins define a crunchy mouthfeel, lasting with a flavorful finish. This is a cheerful Rioja red."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2024-02-29
"The 2021 Anza wants to show the typicity of Laguardia and Elvillar with freshness, precision and no makeup. It's a blend of grapes‡Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Malvas¡a, Calagra¤o, Viura and Moscatel‡from different vineyards that were fermented by plot with some full clusters and a significant amount of white grapes. It matured in 500-liter barrels and oak vats of different sizes. It has 13.5% alcohol and a little more depth and clout compared with the 2022, and it's fine-boned and has very elegant tannins. Precision, my friends. 21,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2022."
2021
John Gilman
Score
92
Date
2024-05-14
"Diego Magaña started making a small bit of Rioja to augment his roster of excellent Bierzo wines when he found a few old vine parcels here in 2016. He makes both a regular and an Especial bottling of Rioja, with the standard bottling being crafted from vines that range from thirty to fifty plus years of age. The vineyard is planted to a field blend of primarily tempranillo, but also including small percentages of garnacha, graciano, mazuelo and viura, amongst others. His 2021 Rioja has blossomed nicely since I last had the pleasure to taste it a year ago, offering up a bouquet of raspberries, fruitcake, cigar smoke, a fine base of soil, garrigue, a touch of meatiness and a topnote of cedar. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and youthfully complex, with a very good core of fruit, fine soil signature, ripe, chewy tannins and a long, vibrant and well balanced finish. This needs time in the cellar to soften, but once it is ready to drink, it will be excellent. 2033-2075+"
2021
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
92
Date
2023-02-28
2021
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2024-04-18
"Intense and flavorful, the 2021 Anza is a blend of 87% Tempranillo with 13% Garnacha and Graciano from Laguardia and Elvillar, Rioja Alavesa. Fermented with 15% whole clusters and aged 12 months in oak barrels, the wild-herb-driven nose also features cherry and cinnamon against a backdrop of cedar and oak. Dry and juicy with fine tannins, this delicate wine has an expressive, mildly taut texture."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-07-18
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-07-14