Arzuaga has been a mainstay of Ribera del Duero since the 1980s, known for producing reliable, well-made wines across their range. This Crianza sees twelve months in oak, the minimum required by the appellation, balancing fresh fruit with traditional aging character. The 2022 vintage is recent, offering vibrant fruit with the structure to develop further.
Ripe cherry, blackberry and redcurrant with vanilla, cedar and a hint of spice from the oak. Medium to full bodied with smooth tannins and good acidity. The fruit is still primary and expressive, with the oak adding complexity without dominating. There's concentration typical of Ribera but it remains balanced and drinkable rather than overly extracted.
Serve at room temperature (16-18°C). Decant for 20-30 minutes to let it breathe. Great with grilled meats, roast chicken, tapas, or Spanish cheeses. Drinking well now, will continue to develop over 5-7 years.
Wine characteristics
Spain
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo
2022
Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro
14.5%
Standard - 75cl
Cork
Tips
How to serve?
Serve at room temperature
Goes well with
Beef
Goes well with
Cheese
Goes well with
Game
Goes well with
Lamb
Goes well with
Sausage
Goes well with
Steak
Goes well with
Vegetable
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The Arzuaga winery is in Valladolid, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero Designation of Origin region. The wines come from La Planta, an estate belonging to the Arzuaga family in Quintanilla de Onésimo, in the province of Valladolid. This is an excellent location for vine-growing, as the plants receive the sun and moisture they need for the grapes to ripen perfectly.
Fundamentally, Arzuaga wines are made based on three premises: the soil, the climate and the orientation of the vineyards.
The local flora and fauna coexist perfectly with the vines in La Planta. The flora includes pines, holm oaks and savin juniper, and, among the animals are wild boar and red deer. This coexistence clearly shows the love the Arzuaga family feels for the natural world. The estate covers 1,400 hectares (3,500 acres) in a wonderful location in the heart of the Ribera del Duero Designation of Origin area: its Golden Mile.
It was at the beginning of the 1990s when, after buying La Planta estate, Florentino Arzuaga began planting vines, building the winery and, of course, making wine.The Arzuaga Wineryhas 210 hectares (520 acres) of vineyards distributed between the immediate surroundings of the winery and the natural area of La Planta estate. The Arzuaga vineyards enjoy a unique climate: sunshine and clear skies in the daytime and cool, damp nights. This climatic combination means the grapes ripen slowly but perfectly, producing healthy fruit with plenty of colour, full of sugar and aromatic acidity. In this region of Castile, where low fertility is a feature of the soils, the Tinto Fino or Tempranillo variety is grown, together with the French grapes Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. 80% of the vineyards are more than 20 years old. Bodegas Arzuagaalso has vineyards outside the province of Valladolid, in Malagón, in Ciudad Real, where its Pago Florentino wine is made.
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