Bodega Akutain Crianza, Rioja 2020 Cherry Block one-year-old barrels and cuve

one-year-old barrels and cuve

Precise tannins and fresh acidity offer a long finish of great purity

Picked at 14% alcohol

with the Freune family purchasing the estate which takes up almost the entire Clos des Lambrays in 1996

This is a very special wine that shows a particular complexity due to an astonishing balance of finesse and chalky minerality

Bodega Akutain Crianza, Rioja 2020 Cherry Block one-year-old barrels and cuveBodega Akutain is a 6. 5ha family estate set up by Jon Peagaricanos father 40 years ago, 5km west of Haros epicentre. Here they spare no effort to produce wines that accurately reflect the wind swept limestone clay higher hills of Rioja Alta (all their vineyards are in this zone) and are in the process of converting to organic viticulture. Back in the cave they age their wine for longer than the minimum periods prescribed by the DO, using high quality