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Remelluri Rioja Lindes Labastida 2010

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Viñedos de Labastida is a selection of 13ha expressing the uniqueness of this municipality, the birthplace of many of the most important wines in the history of Rioja. With vineyards ranging in altitude from 450m to 780m on rocky, limestone based soils, it is defined by verticality and tension, with a concentration and structure only achieved through mountain grown fruit.

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The history of Remelluri stretches back into the 14th century when monks from the Toloño monastery founded a sanctuary and farm at the site. The winery we know today was established in 1967 when Jaime Rodríguez Salis purchased the vineyards at the heart of the former property. Since then Remelluri has been devoted to recovering the old lands of this historic site and restoring the original vineyards.

Remelluri’s vineyards are located along the slopes of the Sierra de Toloño mountains in the valleys of Valderemelluri, La Granja, and Villaescusa in Rioja Alavesa. The vineyards here are at the highest elevation in the region, south-facing and protected from the prevailing winds and frost. It is the unique microclimate coupled with the high level of calcareous soil that gives the wines their personality, pedigree, and propensity for aging.

Remelluri holds a privileged position in Rioja as the winery that set the path for bringing Rioja out of its mid century doldrum. Maintaining a foot in the past while pushing the boundaries of modernization, the Rodriguez family eschewed chemicals for ancient farming methods including a recent adoption of biodynamics.

In 2010, Jaime’s son and daughter, Telmo and Amaia Rodríguez, took the reins of the estate and set about making a series of changes to showcase the potential and diversity of Remellur’s different terroirs, and ultimately reclaim Rioja’s viticultural history. The first major change was to cut down the production of Remelluri wines by one third, restricting it to wines produced from the estate’s own grapes. The two wines made from grapes grown in the surrounding villages are now sold under the label ‘Las Lindes de Remelluri’, and are identified each by their village of origin: Labastida and San Vicente de la Sonsierra.

As a nod to Rioja’s historic viticultural traditions, they have begun moving the Garnacha from trellis to bush-grown vines and will be working increasingly with mixed field plantings. Although Remelluri has always eschewed chemical treatments in the vineyard, 2010 marked the year of the estate’s full organic certification. Work in the winery plays a secondary role in Telmo’s philosophy, but great care is taken to make sure that each bottle reflects the terruño of the region: wines are fermented with native yeasts, each plot is vinified separately, new oak is used very scarcely and the wines are very lightly filtered and fined.

Professional Reviews

Robert Parker

RP 93
"The 2010 Lindes de Remelluri Vinedos de Labastida is produced with grapes purchased from suppliers in the village of Labastida. Telmo Rodriguez returned to Remelluri in February 2010, and the 2009 wines from external suppliers were already blended together. In 2010, he kept the different lots produced with purchased grapes separated by village. In these wines he wants to give protagonism to the grape growers and to the villages. The wines are fresh and fluid, but this is gentler and finer, softer than the one sourced from fruit grown in San Vicente, subtler and more elegant. In 2010, the grapes were harvested late, and the ripening process was slow, which resulted in very pure fruit, and a Burgundian wine with lots of freshness, great acidity and clean and pure flavors. A new delicious way for Rioja. For the quality this wine delivers I think it has a very good price." -Robert Parker

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Red Blend , Tempranillo

  • Vintage

    2010

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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