Bodegas Lanzaga Tabuerniga 2020
Rioja
Regular price $94.99
2020 Tabuérniga 98WA
Lanciego, Rioja Alava
$94.99 - US Low $98
98 pts Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
The superb, complex and elegant 2020 Tabuerniga comes from a challenging year, as the vineyard was hit with hail. It fermented in open-top 3,000-liter oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in 1,500-liter oak foudres for 14 to 16 months. The Tabuérniga terraces were the first to be harvested in 2020, from the sixth of October, and still the wine has a moderate 14% alcohol. It's elegant, expressive, clean, focused and balanced, combining power and elegance, with fine tannins and a long finish. 3,960 bottles were filled in April 2022. They have six hectares here, and they only produce this limited number of bottles.
Tabuérniga is another extraordinary place in the historic town of Labastida, where viticulture has been maintained for more than 1,300 years. A place where medieval wine presses carved in rocks amongst the vineyards watch over the heritage of former times. The scenery is stunning: a closed valley crossed by treads of vineyards, some of them abandoned, others cultivated, and many others recovered by us. Tabuérniga is a tiny and vertical valley. Its own isolation has predetermined shorter cycle varieties and a different expression. Sober and austere, but full of depth and elegance. At an altitude of between 540 and 630 meters, these narrow and historic terraces, cultivated organically and respecting the tradition, offer a magnificent wine. ~Winery