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El Pacto, Rioja 2019
Red Wine from Spain - Rioja
A modern, contemporary Rioja that shows off its creamy, full-bodied fruit and spice to the full. Packed with juicy fruit and a touch of menthol. This is a clear Champion,’ declared Sebastian Payne MW in our in-house blind tastings, and so it proved when it was voted to victory!
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Code: SP17211
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Tempranillo
- 75cl
- Now to 2024
- 14% Alcohol
- bouquet/flavour marked by oak
- Cork, natural

Bodega Classica
Bodega Classica is an imposing winery atop a hill in the village of Sonsierra in the sub region of Rioja Alta amid the foothills of the Toloña Mountains, a part of the great Sierra de Cantabria range that does so much to protect the Rioja region from the less desirable Atlantic influences from the north.
At this positively shiny modern facility, built in 2006, all the grapes harvested from their surrounding 70 hectares of vineyards are gravity fed into vats and presses without the need to use intrusive pumps. Even the winery’s situation atop a hill is all part of the plan as it allows for air circulation to play a natural role in the temperature control of the complex and the cellars that are built into the hill below, again for the ease of temperature control that this naturally affords. It is attention to detail in such matters that amply illustrates the desire of Bodega Classica to produce high-quality wines.
Ricardo Arambarri manages the estate under the umbrella of a larger group called Vintae, established by his father, Riojan businessman and wine-lover José Miguel Arambarri Terrero, which operates winemaking projects in six other Spanish regions. They chose the area of Sonsierra for this particular project because they believe that the poor but well drained limestone-clay soils at 500-600 metres altitude up in the foothills provide a perfect terroir for old vine tempranillo, grown on bush-vines and hand-harvested at low yields.
The winemaking is in the classic Rioja...
decanter.com
Silver medal, 91/100. Varietally well-defined Tempranillo character with notes of red fruit and plums. The palate has bright acidity, well-managed oak and balsamic/herbal notes. Long, cranberry finish.
The Scotsman
Read moreModern style with upfront fruits, vivid freshness, good acidity and refined tannins � quite elegant crianza for the price. Hails from Sonsierra in northern Rioja where northerly winds and calcareous...