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Gómez Cruzado Cuvée Especial 2020 is a spectacular red created exclusively for Vinoselección by the third oldest winery in the station district of Haro: Gómez Cruzado, a firm that turns each and every one of its wines into a success. The typical Rioja blend is honed to perfection by 14 months in French and American oak, making it a hit wherever it goes.
Gómez Cruzado Cuvée Especial 2022 is an exclusive creation for Vinoselección, crafted by the prestigious boutique winery in Haro’s Barrio de la Estación: Gómez Cruzado. We have long admired this centenary winery, which combines respect for tradition with a renewed and unrestricted vision. Their wines always stand out for their impeccable quality. Discover it in this great Rioja, designed with tempranillo (majority), and a touch of graciano and garnacha, aged for 14 months in French oak barrels.
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5% Graciano, 15% Garnacha tinta, 80% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
90% French oak barrels and 10% American oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
14 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Sugar
1.6
pH
3.71
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14%
Gómez Cruzado Cuvée Especial 2022 is crafted from a meticulous selection of vineyards: 80% tempranillo and 5% graciano from the Sonsierra region in Rioja, along with 15% garnacha grown in the Alto Najerilla. These grapes thrive in two types of soils: clay-limestone at the foothills of the Sierra Cantabria and clay-ferrous in the Alto Najerilla. The 2022 vintage was excellent, producing small clusters with great concentration.
Harvesting was done manually, with a rigorous selection of clusters at the winery. The process began with three days of cold pre-fermentation maceration, followed by fermentation in stainless steel truncated cone-shaped tanks, with daily pump-overs and temperature control. The malolactic fermentation took place in concrete tanks, and the wine aged for 14 months in barrels: 90% French oak and 10% American oak.
Gómez Cruzado is a century-old Rioja winery, a ‘boutique’ cellar producing small batches and the smallest winery in the renowned Barrio de la Estación in Haro, the heart of Rioja. Their wines are made from small plots of old vineyards cultivated in Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, under the guidance of winemaker Juan Bautista Sáenz.
In the words of Juan Bautista: “Working in a small winery allows you to take your time to think, to give the wine the time and attention it truly needs, without the pressure of sales and markets pushing you to release wines. It allows you to dedicate all the care and attention to each wine.”
The exclusive red Gómez Cruzado Cuvée Especial 2022 (D.O.Ca. Rioja) is perfect to pair with Iberian pork secreto or meat lasagna.
Founded in 1886, Gómez Cruzado is a centenary house, a ‘boutique’ winery with an annual production of 350,000 bottles, the smallest in the Barrio de la Estación enclave. In the 2010s, the incorporation of winemaker David González and his partner, viticulture specialist Juan Antonio Leza, brought significant renewal to the range and style of the winery's wines. In 2023, David González left the management of the winery, and winemaker Juan Bautista Sáenz joined the project.
The essence of Gómez Cruzado wines lies in the vineyard, which shapes the traditional landscape, made up of small ‘majuelos’ of old vines. The winery owns 10 hectares of vineyards and works with 100 more hectares of controlled vineyards divided into 193 plots. These are small, old vineyards, sustainably managed and spread across the Sonsierra and Alto Najerilla regions.
The Sonsierra is a northern area of Rioja, characterized by poor, whitish soils and a unique Atlantic-influenced climate within the appellation. Here, Gómez Cruzado's vineyards are south-facing, located in the highest part of the mountain range, reaching up to 750 meters. The Alto Najerilla, in the southern part of Rioja Alta, is an area dominated by an extreme continental climate, with reddish soils. North-facing slopes here host the winery's vineyards, also at nearly 750 meters. This is an ideal location for Garnacha vines planted in bush form almost 100 years ago.
Winemaking and aging are designed to respect the grape's personality and the terroir character of each vineyard as much as possible. With minimal intervention, the aim is for the wines to speak of their origin, the freshness of the fruit, the uniqueness of the soils, and the distinctive character of each variety.
The winery offers two distinctive ranges: Familia Tradición and Selección Terroir, a selection of small-scale Riojas.
The Familia Tradición represents the essence of Gómez Cruzado: honest, versatile wines with balance as their guiding principle. These wines reflect their understanding of Rioja, combining freshness, fruit, and elegance with carefully measured aging. Within this range
