2021 La Hoya
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The 2021 La Hoya was one of the surprises. The wine has grown a lot and feels serious and elegant, open and expressive, showy and a little exuberant, with a very elegant palate too, seamless, with fine tannins, precise, focused and clean. They feel the vineyard is improving, getting better balanced and delivering better and better grapes and wines with less rusticity and more finesse. 4,000 bottles were filled in May 2023.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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The 2021 La Hoya is an impressive new Rioja red. Crafted from 100% Tempranillo sourced from a 1965-planted plot on calcareous soils, it hails from Elvillar de Álava, Rioja Alavesa. This purple-hued wine offers a bouquet of violet, grapefruit and herbs, intertwined with notes of pennyroyal and cherry. On the palate, it is dry, rich and fairly chalky, with a compact and complex finish that maintains primary freshness. This wine exemplifies a terroir-driven approach, also showcasing Artadi's distinctive, peppery style.
About the producer
Owner and winemaker Juan Carlos López de Lacalle is among an elite group of global vintners whose expertise creates wines that stand above others in their regions. Artadi produces refined Rioja in unoaked and oaked styles, including superb Reservas and single-vineyard wines such as Viña El Pisón.