Oxer Matalaz 2025

Matalaz is a red wine made by OXER Wines with the varieties 70% Tempranillo, 10% Mozuelo, 10% Viura and 10% Graciano. Old vineyards between 50 and 80 years old in the town of Lapuebla de Labarca (Rioja Alavesa) with pebble soils.

Old fashioned mixed planting with very low yields per hectare. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in a 6,500L vat with 20% stem. Malolactic fermentation is carried out in used 500L French oak barrels. Subsequent aging for 8 months in 500L barrels for various uses.

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'.