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RIOJA

BODEGA AKUTAIN, JON PEÑAGARICANO, DOCa RIOJA
Despite already working with six wineries from Rioja, we could not resist adding Bodega Akutain to our portfolio – for their wines reminded us why we have fallen in love with this region in the first place!
Akutain is a small, family owned bodega, situated in the higher (500 – 650m) parts of Rioja Alta – four kilometres west of the historic town of Haro. It is currently run by Jon Peñagaricano who continues the work of his father Juan Jose Peñagaricano Akutain.
BAck in 1975, Juan Jose planted his first vines here, converting an old barn into a small winery and the underground cellar.
What sets Akutains apart, is that all their wines are made with the grapes grown by themselves. The family works just 6.5 hectares of vines, planted on limestone rich soil, and spread across four plots surrounding the winery. The wines are fermented with natural yeast in fiberglass tanks and aged in used American oak barrels. Additional ageing follows in the underground cellar before release.
The production is small and until now Akutain remained a “hidden gem” of Rioja Alta – completely off the radar of the wine critiques. In some way this made us appreciate this traditional “grower” style Rioja even more!

AKUTAIN COSECHA
Ref.: V0004448 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo

AKUTAIN CRIANZA
Ref.: V0004449 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Viura

AKUTAIN RESERVA
Ref.: V0004450 Vintage: 2015
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo

AKUTAIN GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0004563 Vintage: 2014
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo

AKUTAIN GRAN RESERVA ROSADO
Ref.: V0004564 Vintage: 2015
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo


OLIVIER RIVIERE, DOCa RIOJA
Olivier Rivière, a native of Cognac, studied enology in Montagne St-Emilion, worked biefrly with Elian Da Ros in Côtes-du-Marmandais, then at Domaine Leroy in Vosne- Romanée. His main interest there was to learn about biodynamic methods. He went on to Domaine de Chassorney in St-Romain to see how unsulfited wines are made, then spent two years managing the now defunct Domaine de la Combe in Pommard. His grapes come from three types of soils: the Graciano vines and part of the Tempranillo for the bottling of Rayos Uva grow on alluvial soils, sandy with round stones; the old vines Garnacha (65 to 90 years) that go into Ganko grow on red soil, with marl and sand coloured by ferrous oxides, at an altitude of 600 meters in Rioja Alta; the best Tempranillo vines (25 years old) are in Rioja Alavesa, on clay and limestone soils at 650 meters. Altitude is extremely important to Rivière, the cool nights keep acidity in the grapes, so he can make much fresher wines than most in the region.

LA BASTID
Ref.: V0004150 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Malvasia, Viura, White Garnacha

MIRANDO AL SUR
Ref.: V0000939 Vintage: 2013-15-16
Grape Varietals: Macabeo

RAYOS UVA
Ref.: V0000517 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Graciano, Garnacha, Tempranillo

GABAXO
Ref.: V0001330 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Graciano, Garnacha, Tempranillo

GANKO
Ref.: V0000257 Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Garnacha, Mazuelo, Tempranillo

POZO ALTO
Ref.: V0004148 Vintage: 2016
Grape Varietals: Graciano, Tempranillo, Garnacha

LOSARES
Ref.: V0000940 Vintage: 2016
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo
RAFAEL LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA, DOCa RIOJA
Founded in 1877 by Rafael López de Heredia, the great grandfather of the currents owners, this is one of the first three wineries created in Rioja and the oldest one in Haro. Many conditions must have been fulfilled for López de Heredia wines to achieve their superlative status, making them live on in memory of those who have tasted them. The character of their wines is influenced by the climate, soil, attentive work in the vineyards, as well as the ultra-traditional winemaking and care during the lengthy period of ageing in old American oak barrels and in the bottles. During over 140 years of its existence the winery saw fashions come and go, never giving in to modernity...
María Jóse López de Heredia, currently at the helm of the family winery, humbly says: “We keep making Viña Tondonia as we have always done it”.

VIÑA GRAVONIA
Ref.: V0000651 Vintage: 2013
Grape Varietals: Viura

VIÑA TONDONIA BLANCO RESERVA
Ref.: V0000654 Vintage: 2010
Grape Varietals: Viura, Malvasia

VIÑA CUBILLO
Ref.: V0000649 Vintage: 2013
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano

VIÑA BOSCONIA RESERVA
Ref.: V0000648 Vintage: 2010
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano

VIÑA TONDONIA BLANCO GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0000653 Vintage: 2001
Grape Varietals: Viura, Malvasia

VIÑA TONDONIA ROSADO GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0001337 Vintage: 2012
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho

VIÑA BOSCONIA GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0004592 Vintage: 2001
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano

VIÑA TONDONIA GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0000655 Vintage: 2001
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano
Magnums and Half bottles

MAGNUM VIÑA TONDONIA
Ref.: V0000372 Vintage: 2009
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano

VIÑA TONDONIA RESERVA HALF BOTTLE
Ref.: V0000657 Vintage: 2009
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacho, Mazuelo, Graciano

BODEGA Y VIÑEDOS ARTUKE, ARTURO DE MIGUEL, DOCa RIOJA
Bodegas Artuke is a 25 hectare family winery in Baños de Ebro, Rioja Alavesa. Roberto de Miguel started bottling his own wine in 1991. For over a decade now, his two sons Arturo and Kike continue this work. We have been following their progress closely from the beginning and they keep surprising us vintage after vintage. Their philosophy is that you can only make great wine from the best grapes. Artuke is part of Rioja’n’Roll, a group of young producers committed to making singular wines which reflect their origins and terroir. Over the years Arturo and Kike kept recovering old and vineyards in Baños de Ebro, Ábalos, San Vicente de la Sonsierra and most recently in Samaniego – striving to preserve them rather than impose changes. Traditional approach to viticulture (bush vine and 5.500kg limit on yield per hectare) is combined with the winemaking which respects the land and the plants.

ARTUKE
Ref.: V0000049 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Viura

ARTUKE PIES NEGROS
Ref.: V0000486 Vintage: 2020
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo

ARTUKE FINCA LOS LOCOS
Ref.: V0000240 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano

ARTUKE PASO LAS MANAS
Ref.: V0001365 Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo

ARTUKE EL ESCOLLADERO
Ref.: V0004264 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano

ARTUKE LA CONDENADA
Ref.: V0000926 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano
Magnum

MAGNUM PIES NEGROS
Ref.: V0001299 Vintage: 2017
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo
BODEGAS MARTÍNEZ LACUESTA , DOCa RIOJA
Félix Martínez Lacuesta, a lawyer by profession, politician and businessman by vocation, set up the Martínez Lacuesta Hermanos business in 1895. Almost immediately his five brothers joined the firm and trust began a voyage into the world of Rioja wine which today the third generation of the family are proud to continue. From that time until the present the firm has stuck to the same initial philosophy: to create great Rioja wines.

MARTINEZ LACUESTA WHITE
Ref.: V0000393 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Viura

MARTINEZ LACUESTA COSECHA
Ref.: V0000392 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo

MARTINEZ LACUESTA CRIANZA
Ref.: V0000390 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo

MARTINEZ LACUESTA RESERVA
Ref.: V0004879 Vintage: 2014
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo
Magnums and Half bottles

MAGNUM MARTINEZ LACUESTA COSECHA
Ref.: V0000367 Vintage: 2016
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo

MARTINEZ LACUESTA HALF BOTTLE
Ref.: V0000362 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo
Vermuths

VERMUTH MARTINEZ LACUESTA RED
Ref.: V0000643 Vintage: N-A
Grape Varietals:

VERMUTH MARTINEZ LACUESTA RESERVA
Ref.: V0000644 Vintage: N-A
Grape Varietals:

VERMUTH MARTINEZ LACUESTA BLANCO
Ref.: V0000933 Vintage: N-A
Grape Varietals:

LA GRANJA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE REMELLURI, TELMO RODRÍGUEZ, DOCa RIOJA
After years of perfecting his craft and gainin recovery of the old vineyards in various parts of Spain, Telmo Rodríguez has returned to his family winery. The historic La Granja de Nuestra Senora de Remelluri estate is just outside the village of Labastida in Rioja Alavesa. Remelluri vineyards, which surround it, stretch along the slopes of Sierra de Toloño mountains, at the highest elevation in the region, benefiting from the unique microclimate, combining cooling Atlantic influence with just enought warmth to ripen the grapes to perfection. Organic farming principles have always been utilized here to ensure that the wine remains true to its unique terruño.
All plots are vinified separately, and the vines are head pruned in a traditional way. Telmo seeks to remain true to his family estate’s vaunted history, while guiding it into a bright tomorrow. His vision revolves around the uniqueness of the individual
plots, rather then the activities in the cellar. This place-based approach is exemplified in Remelluri´s newest project: Lindes de Remelluri, meaning “the borders of Remelluri”. The two wines in this range are made from the grapes grown by local farmers from San Vincente de la Sonsierra and from Labastida. This is Telmo’s way to support the local community, as much as a tribute to the unique features of the two villages.
Remelluri Estate. Biodynamic
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REMELLURI BLANCO
Ref.: V0001009 Vintage: 2019
Grape Varietals: Field blend

REMELLURI RESERVA BIO
Ref.: V0001007 Vintage: 2014
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

GRANJA REMELLURI GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: V0001008 Vintage: 2012
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

GRANJA REMELLURI GRAN RESERVA
Ref.: Vintage: 2014
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano
Remelluri vintage box

REMELLURI BOX RESERVA
Ref.: V0004769 Vintage: 2016-17-18
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano
Remelluri Villages, outside estate

REMELLURI LINDES SAN VICENTE
Ref.: V0001005 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

REMELLURI LINDES LA BASTIDA
Ref.: V0001006 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano
Magnums and Half bottles

MAGNUM REMELLURI LA BASTIDA
Ref.: V0001010 Vintage: 2018
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

MAGNUM REMELLURI RESERVA
Ref.: V0001011 Vintage: 2011
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

REMELLURI RESERVA HALF BOTTLE
Ref.: V0004613 Vintage: 2015
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano

LA BICICLETA VOLADORA, GERMAN BLANCO, DOCa RIOJA
The underlying philosophy of La Bicicleta Voladora is akin to the one which drives the other two projects of German Blanco (Quinta Milu in Ribera del Duero and Casa Aurora in Bierzo Alto): organic viticulture and minimum intervention in the cellar with the aim to bottle landscapes from the winemaker’s perspective.
With the grapes sourced from the trusted growers in Navarra part of Rioja, German together with his friend Javier Colio, make fresh, fluid, vertical reds. Mostly Tempranillo, with proportion of Viura are both destemmed without crushing. The fermentation with native yeast is gradual and extraction process is gentle. Aging takes place in combination of concrete, amphorae and flextank eggs of various size, lasting around 8 months.

LA BICICLETA VOLADORA
Ref.: V0001140 Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo, Viura