Baigorri Negu 2025 bets on freshness and lightness without losing personality. From Rioja Alavesa, this Tempranillo offers a fruity, elegant and very balanced profile, with a balsamic finish that invites you to keep toasting. Bodegas Baigorri has hit the mark again.
Baigorri Negu 2025 is a Rioja red made from Tempranillo with that fresh and direct personality that catches the eye from the first moment. It conveys exactly what it promises, and it is a young, nimble wine, very easy to enjoy.
Behind it are grapes from several estates in Rioja Alavesa and the Sonsierra, with vines planted at around 550 metres above sea level and an average age exceeding 45 years. The calcareous-clay soils and sustainable farming help shape a wine with good balance. In the cellar, part of the grape is worked with whole bunches and another with destemmed grapes, with hand selection berry by berry and carbonic maceration, before being rounded for 4 months in French oak vats.
Bodegas Baigorri, of Samaniego, has managed to earn its own place in Rioja Alavesa with a modern, precise approach to wine focused strongly on quality. Baigorri Negu 2025 fits wonderfully with that philosophy: a sincere, tasty red with plenty of ease to accompany everyday meals.
Pairing
Baigorri Negu 2025 goes especially well with a platter of Iberian cured meats and meatballs with pan-roasted potatoes.
Serving temperature
Consumption time
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% tempranillo
Type of barrel
French oak vats.
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
4 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Total acidity (g/l)
3.75
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.48
Sugar
1.4
pH
4.20
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13.5
Labeling
Vegan
Winemaking
In the winery, part of the grapes are vinified with whole clusters and another part destemmed, following carbonic maceration with long intracelular fermentations. The process takes place in open stainless steel tanks, with temperature control, and the remontages are carried out naturally by gravity, by immersion of the cap with its own juice. For the final extraction a pneumatic press is used and, afterwards, the wine passes to wooden vats, where the malolactic fermentation is completed before being rounded in French oak vats.
Aging
4 months in French oak barrels.
Description
Baigorri Negu 2025 originates from several estates located in Rioja Alavesa and the Sonsierra region, with vineyards planted at around 550 metres above sea level and an average age exceeding 45 years, on calcareous-clay soils worked with sustainable principles. The winemaking takes care of every detail from the origin, with harvest and manual selection berry by berry and grape by grape, and with vinification that combines part whole bunches and part destemmed berries, to express with freshness and precision the character of Tempranillo.
Age
The vineyard's average age is over 45 years.
Viticulture
Baigorri Negu 2025 comes from vineyards worked with sustainable principles. The grapes originate from several estates in Rioja Alavesa and the Sonsierra, located at around 550 metres above sea level, on calcareous-clay soils and with vines over 45 years old, which favours a careful harvest and a balanced expression of the Tempranillo. In the vineyard, the aim is to maintain the natural balance of the plant and its surroundings, without resorting to special tillage methods with farm animals.
View
Cherry colour, clean and bright.
Nose
On the table, when admiring a young and expressive red, Baigorri Negu 2025 stands out for its meticulous making, with part of the grapes worked with whole bunches and another part destemmed, in addition to a hand-picked, berry-by-berry selection that is evident in a clean and precise nose. It unfurls a fruity aroma of redcurrants and blackberries, accompanied by notes of liquorice, Juanola lozenges and floral fragrances, in a frank and highly aromatic togetherness that reflects the character of the Tempranillo.
Mouth
Baigorri Negu 2025 expresses on the palate the freshness and identity of Rioja Alavesa with a nimble and well-defined profile. Its palate is pleasant, elegant and fruity, with a balanced texture that keeps the wine taut without losing smoothness. The balsamic finish adds character and prolongs the memory, while its medium ageing potential reinforces a sense of a sound and well-built wine.
In the Rioja Alavesa region, since 2001, one of the most avant-garde and beautiful wineries of the denomination is located: Bodegas BAIGORRI, creator of highly awarded red wines in international competitions and a faithful example of the most current and successful Rioja values: terroir, fruit, and elegance. Their wines express terroir and subtlety, displaying a fruity character that never succumbs under the weight of oak. Key to their success is high-quality raw material, sourced from their 100 hectares of vineyards, with an average age of 50 years; vineyards where they apply sustainable farming and meticulous selection work.
BAIGORRI is also one of the most spectacular wineries in the world, designed by architect Iñaki Aspiazu. Its facilities are organized over several levels (underground floors) to take advantage of gravity and carry out a carefully detailed production process that begins with the manual selection of grapes. On the upper level, the grapes are received after harvest; on the lower level, the vinification process takes place in tanks, and on a third level, the aging in barrels (always French oak). In this way, the wine moves by its own weight, avoiding the use of pumps to preserve the fruit's qualities to the maximum. The interest in enological research is another characteristic of this winery.
