Oxer - Ahari 2022

Rött vin från Rioja - Spanien

« Oxer is a very exciting new project using old vine parcels from the Rioja Alavesa. He works organically and biodynamically, but he doesn't search for certification. »

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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549kr
3294kr
Antal flaskor per låda: 6
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Distrikt Rioja
Druvor Tempranillo , Viura , Graciano
Årgång 2022
Procucenter Oxer Wines
Artikelnr 4172
Beställningssortiment
Lagerstatus
Fraktkostnad 169:-
Avnjutes mellan 2022 - 2030

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Robert Parker Wine Advocate
[vintage 2020]

The 2020 Ahari is a blend of small plots of old vines from Laguardia, Leza, Navaridas and Elvillar, a subtle red that has 20% to 30% Graciano from younger vines in a plot planted some 35 years ago on limestone-rich soils. This fermented with some 5% to 20% stems and uncrushed grapes, all foot trodden. He's always done that because he feels it adds texture/structure to the wines. The nose is elegant, a little closed, serious and nuanced. The wine has a medium to full body, 14% alcohol and the freshness and tension that I find in all his 2020s. It has some silky tannins and therefore a silky texture. 4,600 bottles were filled in July 2021.

There are three new reds from Oxer in Rioja, a revamped white and a new wine from a project in Toro. I mainly tasted wines from 2020, a vintage that he likes. They are floral and mineral with good acidity and moderate alcohol, which Bastegieta defines as a very elegant year, with similar acidity to 2018. In fact, the wines follow the line of the 2018 but are more elegant, with silkier tannins, beautiful textures and vibrant freshness. He feels the work with the soils is helping to fix the pH in the wines; he uses cover crops, because he thinks they give the wines a different structure. He works using organic methods and uses biodynamical preparations, but he doesn't have or seek any kind of certification.

Guia Peñin
[vintage 2020]

Druvor

60% Tempranillo, 30% Graciano & 10% Viura

Tasting note

[vintage 2020]

The idea with the white 2018 Iraun is to produce a Viura with freshness and subtleness, aged in oak but without being overpowered by wood and creaminess. In reality, it's a Viura-based blend with some 20% other white varieties, Garnacha Blanca, Maturana Blanca and Malvasía Riojana, with only 12.5% alcohol and good freshness from an ancient plot of vines in the village of El Villar. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, and the fermentation started in stainless steel but finished in a combination of tinaja and a used 500-liter French barrel. The wine matured in barrel for 12 months. I was blown away by the purity and harmony of this white, its freshness and elegance. There is contained ripeness, floral aromas, elegant and nuanced. The palate is silky and crunchy; it has more tension (probably the other varieties, especially Maturana Blanca) and a dry, long and serious finish. Only 974 bottles were filled (he lost grapes to mildew) in November 2019.

Oxer Bastegieta has prepared three hectares to plant vines in Leza, at 710 meters. He has only planted 1.5 hectares, so that the vineyard is integrated with the landscape (forest), as he knows that the plants and trees share microbiology with the vines. He has 7.2 hectares averaging 90 years of age in the villages of El Villar, Leza, Laguardia, Elciego and Cárdenas, and he produces 15,000 bottles per vintage. He works organically and biodynamically, but he doesn't search for certification. I tasted a majority of 2018s, a year of challenges and great freshness, and the wines are quite floral. The 2018s have the profile he's looking for. 2019 is a more approachable and round year. I found that the oak was much better integrated in the wines I tasted this time (he's using larger barrels and older ones too), and they show more precision, cleanliness and a more intimate expression of their place of birth, grapes and vintage. Bravo! There will be a new red called Tartalo from the 2019 vintage, but the wine was not yet ready to taste.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate 

“Oxer is a very exciting new project using old vine parcels from the Rioja Alavesa. This stunning white comes from a 96-year-old, one-hectare parcel in Elvillar and is a blend of Viura with 3% Malvasia, aged is used French oak. It’s a modern/traditional cross over style, with citrus peel, aniseed and nutmeg notes and good grip and depth.”. TIM ATKIN, MW - Ung själ Oxer har alltid velat göra viner i La Rioja Alavesa och...

Namnet?

AHARI är ett uttryck för både det förflutna och framtiden. Gracianon i denna blandning är inte bara en traditionell Riojan-sort som är värd att återupplivas. På grund av sin energiska syra är den också den perfekta sorten för att klara en varmare framtid. Ahari visar att trots sin kända rusticitet kan Graciano säkert göras till ett elegant vin.

Produktion

5,352 flaskor

Vingårdar

Sex olika tomter, alla belägna i Rioja Alavesa på cirka 600 meters höjd, med anor från 1940-talet. Den har en kalkrik lerjord och ger låga skördar på 3500-4000 kg per hektar..

Vinframställning

Jäsning sker i foudre och betongägg, med hjälp av inhemska jästsvampar. Vinet åldras i cirka 13 månader i foudre.

Karaktär

Ahari kännetecknas av sin saftiga friskhet och finbalanserade tanniner med lite grepp. Smaker av blåbär och svarta körsbär, örtiga med toner av timjan och blommiga toner av viol. Det perfekta uttrycket för Rioja Alavesa-profilen.

Namnet?

Ahari hänvisar till en röd tomte från baskisk mytologi, som går ut på natten för att skrämma folk i deras hem, bara för skojs skull. Teckningen på frontetiketten är en ode till Pablo Picassos målning som föreställer Guernica. Och baketiketten citerar Pablo Picasso: "Allt du kan föreställa dig är verkligt."

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