Izadi Reserva 2013

IZADI

Izadi Reserva
2013

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$47.50

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Product code
14226748
Format
6 x 1500ml
Listing type
Private import
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$41.26
Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen calificada (DOCa)
Region
La Rioja
Subregion
Alavesa
Appellation
Rioja Alavesa
Classification
Reserva
Varietal(s)
Tempranillo 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
1.9 g/l
Closure type
Cork
Aging vessel type
French and American oak barrels
Length of aging
16 months
Producer's website

About this winery

In 1987, Gonzalo Antón, together with a group of friends and business people from nearby Vitoria, began a ground-breaking project in deepest Rioja Alavesa. The village of Villabuena de Alava, where his family already grew grapes, was chosen as the location for the innovative bodega which would focus on making fine wine. Gonzalo’s knowledge of hotels and restaurants soon made Izadi one of the most highly-regarded wines in gastronomic circles. At the same time, the introduction of new...

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Production notes

Aged for 16 months in French and American oak barrels. 20% New and 80% 2nd and 3rd use.

Tasting notes

Beautiful black and red currant fruits, high-quality, unsmoked cigar tobacco, licorice and loamy soil undertones. Deep, medium to full- bodied, very pure, rich and concentrated.

Press reviews

Vinous

- 91 points -

Josh Raynolds, April 2021 (Vintage 2017)

Limpid ruby. Smoke- and spice-accented cherry and raspberry aromas are complemented by suggestions of coconut, cola and pipe tobacco, and a floral nuance emerges slowly. Sweet and velvety in texture, offering palate-coating red and dark berry, rose pastille, coconut and vanilla flavors braced by a core of juicy acidity. Shows solid, spicy thrust on a long, smooth finish that's shaped by subtle, rounded tannins. 73% American and 27% French oak barrels, 20% of them new.

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