2022 | Bodegas Izadi "El Regalo" Reserva | Rioja | Spain Château Lafon-Rochet lightly-oaked style that Burghound praised

lightly-oaked style that Burghound praised for its bracing

at the foot of the slope

licorice and quinine

and crushed stone aromatics

more about structure

2022 | Bodegas Izadi "El Regalo" Reserva | Rioja | Spain Château Lafon-Rochet lightly-oaked style that Burghound praisedA single vineyard Rioja Reserva from 1936 plantings the acclaimed "El Regalo," organic and old vine. Bodegas Izadi is a leading Rioja Alavesa house (founded 1987, Anton family). "El Regalo" "the gift" is its single vineyard Reserva, from a four hectare plot that still holds part of its original 1936 plantings. The site was gifted by a former owner to his wife, and their sons later built a small chapel to Nuestra Seora del Regalo beside it. Organic