Our Tasting Note: Fruit, spice, savory.  A medium+ ruby core and vibrant, youthful edges. The beautiful and primary aromas rise from the glass with cherry, currants, a meaty and smokey note, with mixed savory spices, peppercorns, menthol, and tobacco.  The palate is medium to full bodied, with med/med+ tannins, an energetic and lifted palate intensity that leads to a long, layered, and complex finish.

92pts Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2025 - 2030
The 2022 Álvaro Loza was produced with grapes from Haro and Labastida, mostly Tempranillo with some Viura from his own vineyards, four small plots worked organically since 2019 (but still not certified until 2023), and cropped from a warm and dry vintage. It fermented with some full clusters, separated by plot. It has an expressive nose with notes of wild berries, flowers and herbs and no aromatic impact from the élevage of 16 months in used 225- and 500-liter oak barrels. It comes in at 14.5% alcohol and has a medium to full-bodied palate with fine-grained, chalky tannins. 2,309 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2024.

The fruit for the Álvaro Loza is sourced from four different parcels, two each in Haro and Labastida, totaling just 3 acres altogether. The Tempranillo and Viura is hand harvested directly to food-grade plastic 1000 liter barrels, where it ferments open air for 13 days during a 30 day maceration. 65% of the fruit is destemmed, and the remaining 35% is left whole-cluster. Winemaker Álvaro Loza does daily punch downs by hand. Following a pressing, the wine is racked to 225 and 500 liter neutral French oak barrels for 16 months before bottling.