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Jaun de Alzate Semicrianza
2023
Rioja
Conventional winemaking
Wild yeasts
Yes (not certified)

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Rioja is arguably the best known wine region the world, and especially in the UK where year on year we buy about a third of their total global export. The c.600 winery-strong region, set across the communities of La Rioja, Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava is the spiritual home of Tempranillo. At c.140km from the North coast it benefits from a real continental climate. Moderated by the Cantabiran mountains to the north the best sites, at 400-800m, are in the subregions of Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa. Whites are made from Viura but these days Rioja is over 85% red. Oak aging (and choice of oak) plays a huge role, with wines made Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva all having their own distinctive styles and fans.

Bodegas Loli Casado is a small, family-run winery in Rioja Alavesa, working with 25 hectares of vines at 425-500 metres altitude. Their vineyards range from newly planted to over 70 years old, with 9 hectares over 70, 12 between 30-45 years, and 4 under 10 years old. Founded by Luis Casado in 1970, the winery passed to his daughter Loli and her husband Jesús in 2000. While modernising the bodega, they remain committed to tradition, using a mix of French and American oak. Grapes are destemmed before carbonic maceration, with delestage and punching down for extraction. The wines age first in fine-grained new oak, then in older casks, ensuring oak integration while letting the fruit shine.

Tasting note: Soft, squashed forest fruits, red plums and damsons. Very soft and supple at first with creamy blackcurrant and red plum. Creamy. Vanilla. The tannins build gently and finishes dry and delicious with spice and great acidity
Winemaking Detail: Made with grapes from two vineyards planted between 1975 and 1978 in the areas of Cuatro Encinas and Sierra Carbón (45-55 years old vines). Grapes are destemmed before pressing in cylindrical VATS with carbonic maceration. Delestage and punching down to extract colour and tannin. First aged in fine grained new oak cask then in slightly older casks; on average 6 years old in order to integrate the oak but let the fruit dominate.
Features Cherry Blackberry Vanilla Dusty Fresh

Features Blackberry, Cherry, Dusty, Fresh, Savoury, Vanilla,
Tasting note Soft, squashed forest fruits, red plums and damsons. Very soft and supple at first with creamy blackcurrant and red plum. Creamy. Vanilla. The tannins build gently and finishes dry and delicious with spice and great acidity
Drink with
Chorizo, Lamb shanks, Morcilla,

Wine details

Country Spain
Region Rioja
Producer Loli Casado
Wine Name Jaun de Alzate Semicrianza
Colour Red
Style
Vintage 2023
Main Grape Tempranillo
Other Grapes 5% Graciano; 5% Mazuela
Size 6 x 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.14
Production 27000
Aging 5 months in old American oak; 6 in bottle
Soil Chalky clay; with a stratified limestone subsoil; rich in potassium.
Time to drink Now - 2026
Winemaking Detail Made with grapes from two vineyards planted between 1975 and 1978 in the areas of Cuatro Encinas and Sierra Carbón (45-55 years old vines). Grapes are destemmed before pressing in cylindrical VATS with carbonic maceration. Delestage and punching down to extract colour and tannin. First aged in fine grained new oak cask then in slightly older casks, on average 6 years old in order to integrate the oak but let the fruit dominate.

LOC0123RW
Loli Casado
Jaun de Alzate Semicrianza
2023
Rioja
Conventional winemaking
Wild yeasts
Yes (not certified)

Rioja is arguably the best known wine region the world, and especially in the UK where year on year we buy about a third of their total global export. The c.600 winery-strong region, set across the communities of La Rioja, Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava is the spiritual home of Tempranillo. At c.140km from the North coast it benefits from a real continental climate. Moderated by the Cantabiran mountains to the north the best sites, at 400-800m, are in the subregions of Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa. Whites are made from Viura but these days Rioja is over 85% red. Oak aging (and choice of oak) plays a huge role, with wines made Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva all having their own distinctive styles and fans.

Bodegas Loli Casado is a small, family-run winery in Rioja Alavesa, working with 25 hectares of vines at 425-500 metres altitude. Their vineyards range from newly planted to over 70 years old, with 9 hectares over 70, 12 between 30-45 years, and 4 under 10 years old. Founded by Luis Casado in 1970, the winery passed to his daughter Loli and her husband Jesús in 2000. While modernising the bodega, they remain committed to tradition, using a mix of French and American oak. Grapes are destemmed before carbonic maceration, with delestage and punching down for extraction. The wines age first in fine-grained new oak, then in older casks, ensuring oak integration while letting the fruit shine.

Tasting note: Soft, squashed forest fruits, red plums and damsons. Very soft and supple at first with creamy blackcurrant and red plum. Creamy. Vanilla. The tannins build gently and finishes dry and delicious with spice and great acidity
Winemaking Detail: Made with grapes from two vineyards planted between 1975 and 1978 in the areas of Cuatro Encinas and Sierra Carbón (45-55 years old vines). Grapes are destemmed before pressing in cylindrical VATS with carbonic maceration. Delestage and punching down to extract colour and tannin. First aged in fine grained new oak cask then in slightly older casks; on average 6 years old in order to integrate the oak but let the fruit dominate.
Features Cherry Blackberry Vanilla Dusty Fresh

Features Blackberry, Cherry, Dusty, Fresh, Savoury, Vanilla,
Tasting note Soft, squashed forest fruits, red plums and damsons. Very soft and supple at first with creamy blackcurrant and red plum. Creamy. Vanilla. The tannins build gently and finishes dry and delicious with spice and great acidity
Drink with
Chorizo, Lamb shanks, Morcilla,

Wine details

Country Spain
Region Rioja
Producer Loli Casado
Wine Name Jaun de Alzate Semicrianza
Style
Vintage 2023
Main Grape Tempranillo
Other Grapes 5% Graciano; 5% Mazuela
Size 6 x 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.14
Production 27000
Aging 5 months in old American oak; 6 in bottle
Soil Chalky clay; with a stratified limestone subsoil; rich in potassium.
Time to drink Now - 2026
Winemaking Detail Made with grapes from two vineyards planted between 1975 and 1978 in the areas of Cuatro Encinas and Sierra Carbón (45-55 years old vines). Grapes are destemmed before pressing in cylindrical VATS with carbonic maceration. Delestage and punching down to extract colour and tannin. First aged in fine grained new oak cask then in slightly older casks, on average 6 years old in order to integrate the oak but let the fruit dominate.