Arzuaga

AWARDS 

91 Points | Tim Atkin, 2020

90 Points | Tim Atkin, 2023

Gold Medal | The Global Rosé Masters, 2023

SELLING POINTS

+ Award Winning

+ Perfect for summer

+ Food Friendly

+ Unique Packaging

ABOUT

The grapes to make this wine are the Tempranillo variety grown on 25-year-old vines on our La Planta estate, which is at an altitude of 911 m (2,989 ft) in the Golden Mile of La Ribera del Duero at Quintanilla de Onésimo in the province of Valladolid. The estate is special because of its unusual chalky clay soil, with unfragmented bedrock just one metre below the surface.

TASTING NOTES

Pale salmon in color with nude trim with very little color extraction. High aromatic intensity with notes of strawberries and raspberries. On the palate it is clean and bright with flavors of pine, citrus and passion fruit. 

FOOD PAIRINGS

Vegetable cream, mountain rice, seafood, fried fish, charcuterie, white meats, roasted poultry and sushi. 

VINIFICATION

The grapes with which this wine is made were harvested on September 22, 2021 being the first red grapes to enter Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro. This promptness in carrying out the harvest allows us to acquire the ideal technical and organoleptic characteristics for this wine. After the harvest, which is carried out in the coolest hours of the day and manually, always in boxes of no more than 10 kg, it is taken little by little and quickly to the winery where a very gentle pressing will be carried out in batches of 500 kg. With this we achieve that the extraction of color is necessary for the required characteristics. The temperatures below 12 degrees with which the grapes enter the winery are preserved throughout the fermentation process. Due to which the alcoholic fermentation takes place very slowly, lasting 30 days. After fermentation, it is naturally decanted and bottled to preserve its vibrancy and freshness.

VARIETY | 100% Tempranillo 

SERVING TEMP | 6-8 °C 

ALCOHOL | 13.3% 

TOTAL ACIDITY | 4.61 g/L

PH | 3.63

AWARDS 

96 Points | Wine Enthusiast, 2018

94 Points | Tim Atkin, 2022, 2019, 2017

93 Points | Wine Enthusiast, 2016, 2015

93 Points | Tim Atkin, 2018

93 Points | Andreas Larsson, 2018

93 Points | Guía Peñín, 2022, 2017

91 Points | James Suckling, 2022, 2017

SELLING POINTS

+ Award Winning

+ Cellar Potential

+ Great Value for Premium

ABOUT

Grapes from century-old vineyards, cultivated in clay-calcareous soils in the traditional way. This set of particularities results in very low yields per hectare. 

TASTING NOTES

Highly intense color of purplish red with cardinal hues. Great aromatic complexity with high initial intensity with very fine aromas of fruit, spices, tobacco, caramel, balsamic and minerality. The palate is fresh and friendly with a long aftertaste.

FOOD PAIRINGS

Roasted red meats, game, cured cheeses and dark chocolate desserts.

VINIFICAITON

Careful selection of bunches carried out in the manual harvest and subsequent vatting without the use of mechanical elements. Alcoholic fermentation in wooden vats and malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels. Aged for 24 months in barrels. 

VARIETALS | 92% Tempranillo, 5% Albillo, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon

SERVING TEMP | 16-18 ºC

ALCOHOL | 14.7%  

TOTAL ACIDITY | 4.82 g/L

PH | 3.60 

AWARDS 

92 Points | Wine Enthusiast, 2022

91 Points | Wine Enthusiast, 2020

91 Points | James Suckling, 2023, 2021

SELLING POINTS

+ Rare Varietal in Region

ABOUT

The Chardonnay vineyards that give origin to this wine are located in our farm La Planta, located in Quintanilla de Onésimo (Valladolid), in the heart of the Castilian Golden Mile. They are cultivated in a traditional way and the main characteristic is their clay-limestone soils with the bedrock without fragmenting at less than 1 m from the surface, they are at an altitude of 911 m, making up a unique soil for the grape variety.

TASTING NOTES

Clear and bright, straw yellow with a golden edge. High aromatic intensity. The first connotations are of pastries together with high memories of flowers such as jasmine, figs and baked apple combined with touches of dried fruit. Unctuous sensation in the mouth that counteracts with points of acidity that give a sensation of freshness at all times in which the wine remains in the mouth. In retronasal, the pastry and smoked tones that had been detected in the nose appear.

FOOD PAIRINGS

Seafood, cured cheeses and vegetables.

VINIFICATION

Harvested by hand at its optimum point of ripeness in boxes of 15 Kg. The bunches pass through a sorting table and then are pressed very lightly and slowly, keeping the grapes fresh. Natural decantation of one night and direct vatting in new French oak barrels with the aging of 9 months. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in vats of 500 liters of new oak with light punch down at the end of the fermentation. A single racking to preserve its elegance.

VARIETY | 100% Chardonnay

SERVING TEMP | 8-12 °C 

ALCOHOL | 13.9% 

TOTAL ACIDITY | 6.19 g/L

PH | 3.47

SELLING POINTS

+ Organic  

ABOUT

This is a wine from a genuine “pago”. The estate has a terroir where we learn something new every year, making each vintage better than the last, even though they are all different. The vines are at the foot of a hill, protected by a mountain range to the north and facing south, towards two natural lakes. The climate is extreme, with very cold winters and hot summers offering minimal rainfall. The soil has galets on the surface (perfect drainage), clay subsoil with great potential for retaining water (which means that the vines suffer only moderate hydric stress in summer), and a layer of slate underneath that acts like the base of a pond.

TASTING NOTES

Clean and bright, dark cherry color and purple sparkles. A multitude of differentiated nuances, intertwining the ripe red fruit with the aromas of roasted coffee, black fruits and roasted characteristic of our wine. Silky and friendly on then palate, with great intensity and lasting over time; in the aftertaste it reminds us again of the black fruits and roasted notes perceived on the nose.

FOOD PAIRINGS

Rice with white or red grilled meat and chocolate dessert.

VINIFICATION

The third of September when the grapes are in their optimum point of ripeness, we begin the harvest. The

chosen bunches are harvested in boxes of 15kg, selected on the table and later destemmed. The grapes were settled in stainless steel vessels by gravity fall, with cold macerated for 3 days and afterward, the alcohol fermentation at temperature below 27ºC. We racked the wine into the French and American oak barrels to start the malolactic fermentation and then aging time of 12 months.

VINEYARD

As each year Pago Florentino is elaborated with the best grapes of the Solana farm located in the town of Malagón in the autonomous community La Mancha, but for this vintage our wine is already certified organic. The whole vineyard is located around the winery at the foot of the hill, protected with a mountain range in North and oriented South, toward two natural lagoons. The climatological conditions are very particular with temperatures below zero in winter and temperatures that can exceed 40ºC in summer. The surface of the plot is a pebble soil (perfect drain) and a slate layer below those functions as a raft.

VARIETY | 100% Cencibel 

SERVING TEMP | 17ºC 

ALCOHOL | 14.3% 

TOTAL ACIDITY | 4.28 g/L

PH | 3.68