La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Rioja Gran Reserva 2016
Refined, supple and polished, with an array of red and black fruits, coffee, caramel and cedar, through to a palate of beautiful balance and extraordinary length.
The Tempranillo grapes make up the majority of the blend and come from three vineyards in Rodezno: Las Cuevas, El Palo and Las Monjas. It is blended with a small proportion of Graciano from the Montecillo vineyard in Fuenmayor. La Rioja Alta S.A. is committed to respecting and protecting the environment. In the vineyard, treatments are limited, investments have been made into clean energy sources and water is reused. Insect shelters have been installed in vineyards, promoting environmentally friendly plant health defence while increasing the biodiversity in the vineyard. The grapes are hand-harvested at optimal ripeness.
Following meticulous sorting on optical selection tables, only the perfectly ripe grapes were fermented, using indigenous yeasts. Alcoholic fermentation lasted 19 days and malolactic conversion occurred naturally. In the following February, a selection of wine lots was carried out, which were placed in American oak barrels with an average age of 4.5 years. The wine was matured for three years during which traditional, manual rackings took place every six months by candlelight followed by three years' bottle ageing.
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Alcoholic strength | 14.5% |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Subregion | Rioja Alta |
| Grapes | Tempranillo 95%, Graciano 5% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 1.5 |
| Body | C |
| Contains sulphites | Yes |
| Vegetarian | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Milk | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Cork |
Combining tradition and state-of-the-art technology, La Rioja Alta, S.A. is an iconic, world-class producer of classically-styled Reserva and Gran Reserva wines which undergo considerable cask-ageing in order to achieve La Rioja Alta S.A.'s renowned style. La Rioja Alta, S.A. was founded in 1890, in the old railway quarter of Haro, by five families including the Aranas, the Ardanzas and the Alberdis - their names are now celebrated on each of the Reserva wines. The company gradually expanded, and in 1996 a new purpose-built winery in Labastida was completed, focussing on improving quality and enabling the purest expressions of fruit to be showcased in the wines. Oak is at the heart of the ageing process, and La Rioja Alta, S.A. boasts its own in-house coopers who use artisanal methods to produce their own barrels from wood imported from the US and air-dried on site in Haro. Traditional manual racking takes place by candlelight every six months, and the vines are sustainably farmed. Their award-winning wines consistently receive accolades world-wide and in 2022, La Rioja Alta, S.A. was declared the ‘World’s Fourth Most Admired Wine Brand’ by Drinks International.
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