Vinos en Voz Baja 'Erosivo' Single Site Rioja DOCa 2020
$150.00
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Vinos en Voz Baja (whispering wines) is a tiny project in Aldeanueva just outside Alfaro at the eastern boundary of Rioja, an area now termed ‘La Rioja Oriental’. Winemaker Carlos Mazo is one of a generation of young, thoughtful producers further driving change towards authenticity and vineyard/terroir specificity. In 2023, Tim Atkin MW anointed Carlos as Rioja Young Winemaker of the Year in 2023, impressed by the elegant, beautifully honest and vibrant wines – the quiet voice of bare bush vines and their long line of keepers.
'Erosivo' is a highly unique bottling of a half hectare, single vineyard site called 'Yasa de Las Cuevas'. 70% Tinta Velasco (Graciano de Alfaro) and 30% Pasera (Calagraño) planted between 1950 and 1954 in a 0.56 hectare plot overlooking the Sierra de los Agudos. The fruit is whole bunch crushed by foot in little oak barrels and fermentation is spontaneous without temperature control. Ages 12 months in 225 litre, old French oak barrels.
Vineyards: Yasa de Las Cuevas (1950) & (1954).
“...The top wine from Carlos Mazo’s impressive new venture in the Rioja Oriental hails from a 0.56 hectare field blend of mostly Graciano de Alfaro with Garnacha and Pasera planted in the early 1950s. Scented, detailed and elegant, with fine tannins, a hint of good reduction, plum and wild strawberry fruit and barely a whisper of oak.” 94 points - Tim Atkin MW, Rioja 2023 Special Report.
750 bottles made!
