2022 | Bodegas Izadi "El Regalo" Reserva | Rioja | Spain Château Lafon-Rochet and crushed stone aromatics

and crushed stone aromatics

It opened up with time in the glass to a medium to full-bodied palate with very fine tannins and a clean

licorice and quinine

it's gorgeously floral

A powerful wine from a legendary vineyard

2022 | Bodegas Izadi "El Regalo" Reserva | Rioja | Spain Château Lafon-Rochet and crushed stone aromaticsA single vineyard Rioja Reserva from 1936 plantings the acclaimed "El Regalo," organic and old vine. Bodegas Izadi is a leading Rioja Alavesa house (founded 1987, Anton family). "El Regalo" "the gift" is its single vineyard Reserva, from a four hectare plot that still holds part of its original 1936 plantings. The site was gifted by a former owner to his wife, and their sons later built a small chapel to Nuestra Seora del Regalo beside it. Organic