Rioja La Loma

Spain
Rioja
2022

90% Tempranillo and 10% Garnacha, sourced from La Loma, a vineyard in the southwest of Briones at 534 meters above sea level. The vines are planted in the traditional "vaso" (bush) style on an east-facing slope in calcareous soil. Grapes are hand-harvested, cold-soaked for three days, and then fermented in stainless steel. Aged 14 months in French oak barrels. 2,516 bottles produced. 

96 points
"Comparatively firm and backward in style, certainly when you compare it with the stellar 2021, this has the tannic imprint that's a feature of some 2022 reds. Sourced from a vineyard of limestone and red clay that was planted in 1946, it's a serious cuvée of Tempranillo and 10% Garnacha with aromas of tar and dried blood, lots of grip and focus, some wild herbs and a core of plum, liquorice and black cherry. Needs time. 2026-36"
Tim Atkin,
Tim Atkin
Special Rioja Report 2025
93+ points
"The 2022 La Loma comes from a single vineyard they have been working since 2021 (bottled separately since 2015), and in 2022, he managed to purchase it. It's a vineyard that has always been special for them, mostly Tempranillo with some 10% Garnacha from vines planted in 1946 in the higher zones of La Demanda. It fermented with destemmed but uncrushed grapes and indigenous yeasts in a small vat and matured for 14 months in used 500-liter French and Austrian barrels. It's ripe and perfumed; this year, it reached 14.5% alcohol, keeping the elegant and serious profile, a little more exuberant perhaps, with darker fruit but with polished tannins. 2,516 bottles were filled in April 2024."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate

SKU/Code: 
DB4842-22
Product Line: 
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Tempranillo