Bodegas Izadi represents a brand new technology of Rioja wineries: revolutionary, insatiably curious and numerous. Based by the entrepreneur Gonzalo Antón in 1987, this boutique property is dedicated to the best requirements of winemaking and web site expression, producing distinctive wines from previous bush vines and a powerful array of native white grape varieties.
Celebrating range – of soils, grapes and kinds
Rioja is extraordinarily heterogeneous, providing a myriad of distinct soils and mesoclimates. Certainly, it’s this range of terroir that Gonzalo Antón first sought to advertise and share, collaborating with a gaggle of like-minded associates on the coronary heart of Rioja Alavesa within the Basque Nation.
Testomony to this celebrated vineyard’s future-looking strategy and environmental dedication, Izadi additionally holds the ‘Sustainable Wineries for Local weather Safety’ (SWfCP) certification from the Spanish Wine Federation (FEV).
Managing a portfolio of 178ha, Izadi cultivates vines within the communes of Villabuena, Samaniego and Ábalos and produces a variety of wine kinds. Indigenous varieties similar to Garnacha Tinta and the white Viura thrive within the calcareous soils – and temperate local weather – of the Alavesa zone. In the meantime low-yielding, bush-trained vines ship very exact, site-specific Rioja reds, the place the fruit and oak coexist harmoniously.
Specialists in white wines
A key focus for Izadi is white wines: from the Larrosa Blanca, created from 100% Garnacha Blanca and fermented in chrome steel, to the top-of-the-range Izadi Selección Blanco. Right here, the highest quality grapes are chosen from the previous vineyards of Rioja Alavesa. A mix of six native white varieties – Viura, Malvasía, Tempranillo Blanco, Garnacha Blanca, Maturana Blanca and Turruntés, this textured white is partially matured in French oak and affords notes of vanilla, citrus and fennel.
El Regalo Viñedo Singular
In the meantime, the Viñedos Singulares (single property) classification launched in 2017 is constructing momentum. Izadi produces an excellent single-terroir wine known as El Regalo Viñedo Singular. Primarily based round a parcel first planted in 1936, these previous bush vines yield small berries of outstanding Tempranillo fruit, reworked right into a singular expression of Rioja’s historical panorama and soils.
Intense in color and wealthy in extract, the appropriately named El Regalo (reward) affords crimson fruit and eucalyptus on the nostril, main into a fancy palate of heat spices, black fruit and white pepper.
From previous vine single-vineyard expressions, to beautiful white blends, Bodegas Izadi really affords an thrilling tackle winemaking in Rioja.
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