92 points
"The 2022 Rioja “San Vicente de la Sonsierra” from Janire Moraza is made entirely from Tempranillo, from the family’s organic and biodynamically-farmed vineyards. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in cement vats and raised in the same vessels until bottling. The 2022 comes in at a svelte 12.5 percent octane and delivers a lovely bouquet of black raspberries, black cherries, cigar wrapper, a gentle touch of Rioja spice tones, a lovely base of soil and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, complex and tangy, with a lovely core of fruit, excellent soil signature and grip, ripe tannins and a long, focused and well balanced finish. This is really a lovely example of un-oaked Rioja. 2032-2075. "
View from the Cellar
Issue 117
