Izadi Larrosa Rosado
Country: Spain Region: Rioja
Varietal: Garnacha Vintage: 2024
Category: Rose Style: Dry
Producer: Bodegas Izadi
Description:
The Larrosa wines are a new project from the Izadi team, created to showcase the quality of fruit from old bush vine Garnacha. The vineyards are located between 600-800m above sea level, in the village of Tudelilla in Rioja Alavesa. The vines experience warm days and cool nights, as well as Mediterranean and Atlantic influence. The wines display both a vibrancy and freshness few can rival at this price point.
The grapes for this rosé were sourced from 60-year-old Garnacha bush-trained vines, planted on chalky-clay soils. The vineyards sit at 790 metres above sea level, meaning the grapes benefit from warm days followed by cool nights and undergo a perfectly paced, slow ripening. This allows them to accumulate great intensity of flavour whilst retaining acidity. These old vines are low yielding, around 5 tonnes per hectare, but the fruit that they produce is extremely concentrated. Harvesting is done by hand.
VINIFICATION
The Garnacha grapes were picked by hand at the end of September. Upon arrival at the winery they were gently pressed and underwent a short maceration (approximately 1 hour) in the press to extract aroma and a delicate pale pink colour from the skins. After this, the must was transferred to temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and was clarified by flotation. Once the desired clarity was achieved, fermentation at cool temperatures between 14°C and 16°C ensured that the delicate and perfumed aromas were preserved in the wine. The wine underwent a period of ageing on its lees after fermentation to add texture to the palate, but did not go through malolactic conversion in order to retain its vibrancy.
Food Matches: Casseroles / Lamb / Beef
