Rioja - Red Wines

Unwooded, joyful Rioja - as drunk by the locals - but sadly rarely seen outside of the region. An element of this juice is fermented under Carbonic maceration - like the Gamays of Beaujolais and the res...(read more)

This really is a superb vintage of this wine, so much to love in the more traditional Rioja style here, liquorice, coffee, meat juices, leather, redcurrants, herbs and cedar. But the palate then...(read more)

Picked and bottled early to preserve acidity and fruit respectively, this high-altitude, old-vine Tempranillo from Rivas de Tereso is intense, wild herb-scented and very lightly wooded, with yout...(read more)

This juicy Crianza is named ‘black feet’ (Pies Negros) because of the traditional grape treading they still do here at Artuke. Made mostly from Tempranillo with a dash of Graciano, the fruit is f...(read more)

Deeper colour than the 'Tinto', a raw freshness, a hint of reduction, super-taut black fruit and sappy energy from whole bunch fermentation. It's 'sauvage' energy is captivating from now and beco...(read more)

Striking fresh nose of sun-warmed ripe dark hedgerow fruit leads one to expect a softer palate, but the entry is tart, bright and appetising with firm and even mildly bitter tannins which give an...(read more)

Sandra has been busy this year and we are delighted she has brought out this new wine from a fantastic new (to her) vineyard of old vine Tempranilllo. Sandra tells us that in Raposo she is able to bottle e...(read more)

Richly deep and firmly tannic, but with the most wonderful aromatics which include fruit and fine grained wood but also some notes of spice and dried herbs which suggest a greater maturity than t...(read more)

This is a new arrival for Sandra, the results of her work in a 'new' garnacha vineyard, high up on the Alavesa hills at 650m. The vines date from 1944 and it’s the 'real' garnacha from this area...(read more)

Bold and primary on the nose with myrtle, black cherry and blackberry fruits, overlaid with a delicate spice. Grip and juice in the mouth with almost sticky rich tannins, blackberry, herbs, spice...(read more)

This one-hectare field blend of Garnacha with 10% Tempranillo and Malvasía was planted at the turn of the last century on red clay and sand soils. The resulting wine is rich and well upholstered...(read more)