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Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 is produced in Laguardia, at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria, where the Landaluce family works their own vineyards, from which this cuvée is created with 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano. A Rioja Alavesa Crianza crafted with precision, elegant and with the personality of a family winery.
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 captures the essence of Rioja Alavesa in a red wine that combines classical winemaking with a contemporary spirit. It comes from Spain’s prestigious D.O.Ca. Rioja, specifically the Rioja Alavesa sub-region, widely regarded as the most distinctive and exclusive area within the appellation. Crafted from Tempranillo and Graciano grapes, hand-harvested from the winery’s vineyards in Laguardia, the wine undergoes fermentation in stainless steel tanks before completing a 12-month ageing period in French and American oak barrels.
The grapes are sourced from renowned vineyard sites such as San Cristóbal, La Media Legua, Prado de las Albas and La Laguna, where vines between 20 and 40 years old grow in clay-limestone soils. Hand harvesting, careful ripeness monitoring and parcel-by-parcel selection reflect a precise viticultural approach, designed to preserve the unique character of each vineyard and unlock the full potential of these well-balanced high-altitude sites.
Fincas de Landaluce is the family project of a winery founded in 2000, although its roots in Laguardia stretch back much further. This heritage, combined with a modern vision of winemaking, shapes a style focused on producing wines with genuine personality that remain true to the essence of Rioja Alavesa. Critics have embraced this wine, awarding it 91 points from Wine Enthusiast, Guía Peñín and James Suckling.
Pairing
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 pairs wonderfully with dishes such as braised veal or a capon stuffed with apples and dried fruit.
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Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
10% Graciano, 90% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French and American oak barrels.
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
12 months
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
Certification
Vegan-friendly wine
Vintage
Discover Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 through a manual harvest carried out in the first half of October, with a careful selection of grapes in the estate vineyards of Laguardia. The Tempranillo and Graciano grapes arrived at the winery after meticulous picking, designed to preserve all the quality and character of this vintage.
Winemaking
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 is crafted with precision and restraint. After destemming, the grapes ferment in 25,000-litre stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 26-28°C, with a maceration period of 7 to 10 days that extracts colour, structure and fruit expression while preserving freshness. The wine then undergoes malolactic fermentation, which softens and harmonises the palate, refining its overall profile.
Aging
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 is aged for 12 months in French and American oak barrels, after a fermentation in stainless steel tanks and a maceration of 7 to 10 days that help refine its profile and round off the fruit.
Description
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 comes from its own vineyards in Laguardia, in Rioja Alavesa, with vines aged between 20 and 40 years planted on calcareous-clay soils, a terrain that favours balance and concentration of the grape. Located at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria, these vineyards benefit from a privileged environment for grape growing, where the combination of soil and climate contributes to obtaining well-ripe grapes with character. The blend is based on Tempranillo, which provides the majority of the coupage, together with Graciano, two varieties that faithfully reflect the identity of the area.
Age
Made from Tempranillo and Graciano vines aged between 20 and 40 years.
Climate
At the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria, the vineyard enjoys a privileged environment that favours balanced ripening and grapes full of character, which are key to the personality of Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023.
Viticulture
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 comes from its own vineyards in Laguardia, worked with traditional viticulture that focuses on grape quality and respect for the natural rhythm of the vine. Predominantly old goblet-trained plots, with low yields and a plot-based selection that allows manually harvesting only the grapes in perfect ripeness; thus, Tempranillo and Graciano express all the personality of Rioja Alavesa with more balance, concentration and character.
View
Nice deep garnet colour with good depth.
Nose
It comes across as intense and fragrant. The opening notes recall wild fruit, with cherries and blackberry very present, over a background of black plums that adds a very attractive liqueur-like nuance. Next, spices, sweet woods and cacao appear, together with hints of liquorice and balsamic herbs. At the end of the nose, a notable mineral trait and fine toasty notes stand out, rounding off its aromatic profile.
Mouth
Fincas de Landaluce Crianza 2023 offers a tasty, balanced mouthfeel with gastronomic character. On the palate it stands out for interwoven and sweet fruit, nicely enveloped by its barrel-ageing, which provides body, harmony and a very polished overall impression. Its mouthfeel is fluid and expressive, with a profile that combines freshness, structure and a persistent finish, leaving a pleasant impression of quality and maturity.
Fincas Landaluce es el reflejo de una bodega familiar arraigada en Laguardia, en el corazón de la D.O.Ca. Rioja, donde generación tras generación se ha cultivado una profunda vocación por la viña y el vino. Fundada en el año 2000 como continuidad de una larga tradición vitícola, la familia Landaluce ha sabido combinar el conocimiento heredado con una visión contemporánea, orientada a la elaboración de vinos con identidad propia. Ubicada a los pies de la Sierra de Cantabria, la bodega se beneficia de un entorno privilegiado, con suelos y clima que favorecen la obtención de uvas equilibradas y llenas de carácter.
El proyecto se apoya en un viñedo de 25 hectáreas, en su mayoría de cepas viejas trabajadas en vaso, que aportan complejidad y profundidad a la uva gracias a sus raíces profundas y su equilibrio natural de producción. Predomina la tempranillo, acompañada de variedades tradicionales como graciano, cultivadas con un enfoque orientado a bajos rendimientos y máxima ხარისხ. La vendimia manual, el control exhaustivo de la maduración y la selección por parcelas permiten adaptar cada cosecha a su mejor destino. En bodega, tradición y técnica se combinan para dar lugar a vinos elegantes, estructurados y fieles a la esencia de la Rioja Alavesa.
