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• 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
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Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
Spain
Region:
La Rioja
Appellation:
Rioja
Variety:
Tempranillo-Based Blend
Color:
Red
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-ANZ-01-23 | 12/750ml |
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REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-07-14
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-07-18
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+"
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
92
Date
2023-02-28
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."
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."
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."
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."