Oxer Tartalo 2022

Tartalo is a red wine made by OXER Wines with 87% Tempranillo, 10% Viura, 3% Graciano. 0.7 ha vineyard planted in 1920 in the town of Elvillar (Rioja Alavesa) at an altitude of 600 meters in the Barranco de San Julián, on very poor calcareous soils with a yield of 3,000 kg per hectare. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 1,000L French oak vats and in 500-litre open used French oak barrels. It undergoes malolactic fermentation and subsequent aging for 12 months in used 600L Austrian barrels (47ml). The vineyards of La Rioja are almost centuries old and are located in Elvillar, Leza, Navaridas and Laguardia in Rioja Alavesa, Cárdenas and San Vicente de la Sonsierra in Rioja Alta) They are worked organically with regenerative agriculture and maximum respect for the environment. In the winery, the minimum intervention is made so that the wines fully express the terroir. The result is unique, incredible wines, with great recognition from critics and highly respected by good aficionados. The hallmark of wines is their freshness and elegance. They are wines with hardly any extraction and are vinified with French oak (always used), Austrian foudres, Padilla clay jars and concrete eggs, so that the result is fruity wines and not 'maderized'.