- 80% Tempranillo from 30-year-old vines in Rioja Alta
- 20% Garnacha from Rioja Baja, a specialty of the subzone
- All estate fruit
- Manual picking began at the end of September
- Only the ripest grapes make the final cut
- Aged for 36 months on four-year-old American oak Barrels
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2019
Country:
Spain
Region:
La Rioja
Appellation:
Rioja
Variety:
Tempranillo-Based Blend
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-LRA-20-19 | 12/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2025-02-27
"No 2018 was produced, so after the 2017 I tasted last year, we jumped to the 2019 Vina Ardanza Reserva, produced with a blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. This is spicy, structured, balanced and powerful in this warm year, reaching the customary 14.5% alcohol and keeping a pH of 3.54 and 5.5 grams of acidity. It's still very young and undeveloped, 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."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2017
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2023-11-16
"#38 Top 100 Wines of Spain 2023: A more vibrant and fruitier expression of Ardanza this year with strawberries, mussels, warm spices and berries. Round and silky on the palate with lovely spices and a long, nicely saline finish. A nice touch of creaminess works really well here and further extends the finish. 80% tempranillo and 20% garnacha. Drink or hold."
2017
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
94
Date
2024-09-29
2017
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-02-29
"2017 was not an easy harvest, but it produced some beautiful and classical wines, like the 2017 Vi¤a Ardanza Reserva, which shows a little more advancement and polish and is ready to drink. It was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha from their vineyard La Pedriza in Tudelilla. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in American oak barrels, 36 months for the Tempranillo and 30 for the Garnacha (that was harvested 15 days later), with six rackings. It's ripe and aromatic, tertiary, with 14.5% alcohol and mellow acidity, a medium-bodied palate and sleek tannins. It has a pungent note of clove and pepper, some licorice and ink and the cherries in liqueur from the Garnacha. An updated classical Ardanza. 600,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021."
2017
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
2024-08-31
"Baked cherry, raspberry ganache and warm fig flavors are ripe and expressive, with a pleasing counterpoint and added detail from rich notes of loamy earth and leather, plus accents of bay leaf, vanilla and red licorice. There's a supple generosity on the palate, trimmed nicely by fine-grained tannins and a tang of orange peel acidity. Tempranillo and Garnacha. Drink now through 2032. 35,000 cases made, 9,000 cases imported."
2017
Jancis Robinson
Score
17.5+
Date
2024-04-26
"Pale garnet. Perfumed, lifted and red-fruited. The tannins just melt into the very pretty red-fruit core, which has lots of purity, delicacy and bright freshness. The oak is present but balanced. The finish is earthy, with slight balsamic notes. (FG)"
2016
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2022-05-26
"#53 Top 100 Wines of Spain; Savory and complex with dried orange peel, cedar and plenty of sweet spices, walnuts, caramel, dried mushrooms and pine needles. Shows maturity here, with a medium body and superb freshness. Incredibly long finish with lots of truffle and walnut. Lasts over a minute. Very complete now, but you can still hold it."
2016
Decanter
Score
94
Date
2022-12-28
2016
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2022-07-18
2016
John Gilman
Score
93
Date
2023-07-10
2016
Wine Spectator
Score
93
Date
2023-03-23
"An intriguing red, with steeped raspberry, [i]balsamico[n], dried black cherry, iron and iodine aromas and flavors. Silky on the palate and finely knit, this is a rich, medium-bodied red that offers supple tannins. A lovely example of Rioja in a more traditional style, this should open well in the decanter or with time in the cellar. Tempranillo and Garnacha. Best from 2025 through 2033. 50,000 cases made, 9,000 cases imported.‡Alison Napjus"
2015
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2021-08-24
2015
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-07-18
2012
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2018-08-02
2012
Decanter
Score
94
Date
2020-10-14
2012
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2020-10-30
2012
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2021-04-20
2012
Wine Spectator
Score
91
Date
2009
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2009
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2018-03-01