Die Tempranillo-Trauben für den La Nieta stammen aus der Einzellage Finca La Nieta, die in der berühmten Rioja Alavesa liegt. Geringe Erträge und sorgfältige Handlese sorgen dafür, dass nur exzellente Beeren die nahe gelegenen Kellergebäude erreichen.
Die Robe in einem undurchdringlich dichten Kirschrot. Das äußerste raffinierte Duftspiel mit reifen roten Beeren (Blaubeere, Brombeere), balsamischen Aspekten und floralen Nuancen von Veilchen, die im Finale mit Anspielungen auf Tabak und Toast ausklingen. Das Geschmacksbild präsentiert sich mit großer Struktur und ausgeprägter Individualität. Überzeugend die Balance zwischen Kraft und Eleganz, mit einer fast schon intellektuellen Finesse, alles auf einem austarierten Tanningefüge fußend.
Ein Wunderwerk an Rotwein und einer der am besten bewerteten Weine ganz Spaniens.
Leuchtendes Kirschrot, in der Nase Aromen von Johannisbeeren und Kirschen sowie Noten von süßen Gewürzen und weichem Eichenholz, am Gaumen geschmackvoll und ausdrucksvoll, mineralisch, feine Kakaotöne, aromatischer Kaffee, Röstnoten und reife Tannine.
Der große Elegante der Familie Eguren!
97 Punkte Suckling
A naturally concentrated red with a lifted chalky touch to its extremely healthy fruit. Blackberries, blueberries, fine spices, blue flowers, violets, dark olives and minerals. So fresh, juicy and sophisticated, with filigreed tannins that support and melt. Long, subtle and bright. Very linear and elegant in quality. Drink or hold.
97 Punkte Parker
The 2021 La Nieta is among the finest wines in its powerful, ripe and generously oaked, modern style of red Rioja. It's a single-vineyard Tempranillo with 14.05% alcohol, a pH of 3.63 and 5.8 grams of acidity. It comes from the 1.75-hectare vineyard that named the wine. It was planted in 1975 on silt, clay and sandstone soils in Páganos (Laguardia) at 525 meters above sea level and worked biodynamically (but not certified). The hand-destemmed grapes fermented in small 2,000-liter oak vats with yeasts selected from their vineyards and matured in new French oak barrels for 15 months. It felt very balanced, a little shy and undeveloped, elegant and fresh in this slightly cooler year. The grapes ripened slowly and had a full development of aromas and flavors, making the wine more nuanced and complex, while the palate kept very good balance with its freshness. The tannins are very complete and elegant. It opened up with time in the glass to more floral aromas, making it the most perfumed of the wines from the Eguren family that I tasted this time. 5,000 bottles were filled in July 2023.
97 Punkte Wine Spectator
This gorgeous red glides across the palate, delivering a tapestry of flavors including cherry preserves, blackberry paste, tangerine peel, tar, black licorice, tobacco and chai spices, with jasmine accents. Though rich and expansive, this offers a weightless, fine, silky feel, deftly knitting fresh acidity and supple, chalky tannins. Revealing more as it opens in the glass, this is long and focused on the finish. Best from 2026 through 2039. 50 cases imported.
