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Pujanza Norte 2015

Pujanza Norte

2015
95
PARKER
94
PEÑÍN

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

The wine

Pujanza Norte is a wine with great aromatic breadth, which reveals its powerfulness, maturity and meatiness with balance and elegance. It's modern, clearly identifying its origins, a wine from the Rioja Alavesa, mineral and fresh, with a long life ahead of it, and which suits leaving to rest in cellar so that it can be enjoyed at its most splendid.

It emanates from grapes that come from the Finca Norte, a vineyard with an area of 2.7 ha. planted on land with chalky-clay soils, lying at an altitude of 720 m and facing north. The must ferments in stainless steel tanks (for both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentation) and the wine is aged in French oak barrels for some 14 to 16 months, depending on the vintage.

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Ratings and awards

202196 PK
202095 PK
201994 PK
201896 PK
201795 PK
201696 PK
PK: Parker

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

Named after the north-facing plot where the Tempranillo grapes grow, the 2015 Norte is Tempranillo that fermented in stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic. Élevage was in French barriques and lasted 15 months. 2015 was a ripe and warm year that managed to combine ripeness and freshness. This is always sourced from the same vineyard, which is located at 720 meters altitude and is around 20 years old—the youngest vineyard they have. Carlos San Pedro planted it with a massal selection that ripens quite early; in fact, in 2017 it was the first vineyard they harvested. It ripens properly and keeps good acidity. They stopped using 100% new oak in 2012, and the oak is very integrated and folded into the wine, even now that they have extended the élevage. This could very well be the finest Norte to date, with very chalky tannins. It feels quite young. 11,000 bottles were filled in September 2017.

— Luis Gutiérrez (28/02/2018)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2015 - 95 PARKER

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The winery

Bodegas y Viñedos Pujanza

Bodegas y Viñedos Pujanza

Bodegas y Viñedos Pujanza is located within the municipality of Laguardia, at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria, in a really beautiful part of the Rioja Alavesa, on the edge of the vine-growing region. Pujanza started out on its path in 1998, under the direction of Carlos San Pedro, descended from a family of vine growers with three generations of experience accumulated over time. Those very first bottles made on the family's premises held a unique wine which featured the...

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