{"id":35050,"date":"2020-05-14T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valsarte.com\/?p=35050"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:55:04","slug":"the-awards-and-the-closest-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valsarte.com\/en\/blog\/the-awards-and-the-closest-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"The awards and the closest wines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Rioja Alavesa Festival competition, suspended for the second year due to the pandemic, is awarding prizes throughout the DOCa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2021 HARVEST<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For the second consecutive year, the Rioja Alavesa Harvest Festival had to be suspended, but not the wine competition, the closest and most important in the DOCa Rioja, with awards spread throughout the wine-growing region. A total of 240 wines from the three regions of Rioja (Alta, Alavesa, and Oriental) were tasted. Bodegas El Coto (Oy\u00f3n) and Hermanos Fr\u00edas del Val (Villabuena), both with three awards, are the most awarded wineries. El Coto won the ros\u00e9 category, all from the latest vintage, with Yursun Ros\u00e9 from Bodegas C\u00e9sar del R\u00edo in second place. The podium was completed by the ros\u00e9 made from old Garnacha from Bodegas y Vi\u00f1edos Ilurce (Alfaro), which also recently won the La Rioja Winegrowers’ Competition in the same category.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Among the oak-aged whites, Eguren Ugarte (Laguardia) took first place, followed by Mu\u00f1arrate from Solabal (\u00c1balos) and Abel Estebas from Bodegas Oliver Villar Estebas in Cordov\u00edn. Vi\u00f1a El Flaco from Fr\u00edas del Val was the best oak-aged white, followed by Amicis from Hermanos Pascual Miguel (Ba\u00f1os de Ebro) and Fern\u00e1ndez de Pi\u00e9rola (Moreda).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the red wine category, the best young wine went to Cueva de Lobos, from Javier San Pedro (Laguardia), ahead of Lagar de Santiago (Bodegas de Santiago, in Ba\u00f1os de Ebro) and the wine Hermanos Fr\u00edas del Val. In the Crianza category, first prize went to Jos\u00e9 Basoco (Villabuena) for his Finca Barronte, followed by the Crianza from Fr\u00edas del Val and the Heredad Garc\u00eda de Olano (P\u00e1ganos). Valsarte, from Solana de Ram\u00edrez (\u00c1balos), won the award for best Reserva, ahead of El Coto de Imaz Selecci\u00f3n (Bodegas El Coto) and the Ram\u00edrez de la Piscina Selecci\u00f3n from the winery of the same name in San Vicente. In the Gran Reserva red wine category, the best was the Covila 2015 (from the Lapuebla cooperative), followed by El Coto de Imaz 2014 and the \u00d3scar Tob\u00eda 2014, from Bodegas Tob\u00eda (Cuzcurrita).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Florentino Mart\u00ednez (Cordov\u00edn) with his red Maturana aged in Rioja oak won as Best Personal Wine, ahead of San Quiles, from Alt\u00fan (Ba\u00f1os de Ebro) and Dominio de Berzal (also in Ba\u00f1os de Ebro).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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