Santa Cruz de Artazu Crianza 2020
The Garnacha by Juan Carlos López de Lacalle
Almost forgotten tradition and avant-garde blend in Artazu, the project of the great Juan Carlos López de Lacalle in Navarra. A winery that is committed to the recovery of garnacha through wines with an excellent quality-price ratio like Santa Cruz de Artazu Crianza 2020.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tinta
Type of barrel
500-liter French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
10 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
An energetic and vibrant garnacha, deep and authentic. This is the variety with which Santa Cruz de Artazu Crianza 2020 is made, a surprising Crianza with the seal of the prestigious winemaker Juan Carlos López de Lacalle, creator of mythical Spanish wines like Viña El Pisón 2004, a red that made history by achieving 100 Parker points.
In 1996, Artazu was born in the Navarrese town of the same name, with a firm objective: to recover garnacha, the queen variety of the D.O., for the production of high-quality reds. To achieve this, the firm, part of the Artadi group, has been working since then with old vineyards of this variety located between 450 and 600 meters above sea level, on white clay-limestone soils, with maximum respect for the environment and following the criteria of organic viticulture.
Santa Cruz de Artazu Crianza 2020 is one of the most representative wines of the firm and an exceptional example of garnacha in the D.O. Navarra. A red of great finesse and delicacy, perfected after 10 months of aging in French oak barrels, with great aging potential.
Creators' opinion
Sharp colors and vivid transparency. Expression of energetic red fruit that vibrates on the palate with boldness. Sensations of depth and authenticity from the old native vineyards of Navarra. Santa Cruz de Artazu Crianza is a wine to discover.
The winery
In his Navarre project, López de Lacalle revives the emblematic variety of the denomination, Garnacha, for the production of great red wines. The vineyards he works with are located in the heart of Valdizarbe, an area that offers the best climate and soil conditions to produce wines of exceptional quality. Artadi represents the forefront of Spanish wine, a house that has become a benchmark of quality on an international level. In fact, it is one of the five wineries in the entire national history to have received the highest score from guru Robert Parker (100 points out of 100) for one of its wines: Viña el Pisón 2004. A rating that places it on par with the legendary French, Italian, or Californian wines, and that has elevated this winery and its creator, Juan Carlos López de Lacalle, to the Olympus of the Gods. Their wines are very difficult to obtain, sold only through allocations. Since López de Lacalle founded Artadi in 1985 as a cooperative, the trajectory of this Rioja winery has been meteoric. Today, it is an internationally acclaimed winery whose success translates into enormous difficulty in acquiring its wines. The Artazu winery was founded in 1996 in the Alava town of the same name, with the intention of producing single-varietal wines with the traditional variety of the area: Garnacha. The wines of Artazuri come from young vineyards and are fresh and fruity, vibrant and carefree. Another of its attractions is having made the wines of this prestigious Rioja house accessible to the general public. The wines of Artazu offer an excellent quality-price ratio without compromising their magnificent quality.