2014 Rioja La Estrada

The third new single-vineyard bottling is the 2014 La Estrada, produced from mostly Tempranillo and Graciano grapes from a 0.64-hectare plot planted in the 1930s called La Estrada Alta. The vines are at the top of a northeast-facing slope at 610 meters in altitude on pure limestone clay that has always produced pure, deep and balanced wines and was always part of the Altos de Lanzaga cuvée. It fermented in an open 3,000-kilogram oak vat with indigenous yeasts and matured in oak foudres for 14 to 16 months. This is a very fresh plot with more Tempranillo than Garnacha, and it produces a very elegant and fine wine, which was the backbone of the Altos de Lanzaga bottling from the past. 1,289 bottles were filled in July 2016.