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| "Diego Magaña is already one of the hottest names in the new generation of young Spanish winemakers, and as great as his wines are, he’s only just getting started. |
| | | | Son of Juan Magaña, whose Viña Magaña estate in Navarra achieved iconic status over the last 4 decades, Diego began working alongside his father at the family Bodega in the mid-2000s, but in 2014, his love of the wines of Bierzo and his close friendship with Bierzo superstar Raúl Pérez inspired him to strike out on his own, producing tiny quantities of his own Bierzo DO wines in a corner of Raúl’s Bodega .... |
| | "One of the best young producers in Rioja (and Bierzo and Navarra, where he makes wine and has family roots, respectively) is Diego Magaña."
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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| | The tiny surface allows him a fastidious level of control over what he calls his ‘gardens’. These tiny plots of bush vines ranging from 30 to 90 years old (most over 50) are of course mostly Tempranillo but are interspersed with Grenache, Graciano, Carignan, Macabeo, and Malvasía Riojana. A portion of the surface– typically the oldest vines dedicated to the Especial bottling– is worked solely by horse ....
The fruit is vinified parcel-by-parcel with indigenous yeasts in old open-tap vats. Macerations are typically around three weeks, and he likes including whole bunches as the harvest permits. (In 2018, that rate was 50-100%, depending on the plot.) The fermented juice ages in used wooden vessels of 225L and 500L (as well as a single 4,000L tina) according to plot yield, with the final cuvées being blended right before the following harvest after a year (or slightly less) of aging. These juicy, floral, and captivating wines place the boundlessly energetic and curious young Magaña straight into the top rank of the new Rioja idiom, one respectful of the great terroir and viticultural tradition of the region but unencumbered by the established Crianza/Reserva/Gran Reserva hierarchy.
It’s exciting to think that he has nowhere to go but up when he’s already operating at this level."
Skurnik |
| | | ‣ "He makes his regular bottling of Rioja from vines that range from 30 to 50-something years of age, with the field blend primarily planted to Tempranillo, but also including small percentages of Grenache, Graciano, Mazuelo [aka Carignan], and Viura [aka Macabeo], among others. His 2021 Rioja is a lovely young wine, coming in at 13.5% octane and offering up scents of raspberries, a touch of fruitcake, garrigue spice tones, stony soil, cedar and cigar smoke. On the palate the wine is deep, focused and full, with fine depth at the core, chewy tannins, fine balance and a long, vibrant and nascently complex finish." John Gilman, View From The Cellar
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| | | | ‣ "I found earth notes and a darker aromas in the 2020 Dominio de Anza Selección de Parcelas, a common thing in the 2020s .... In 2020, [15%] of the wine comes from a new plot on slate soils in the village of San Lorenzo, and perhaps it has some notes reminiscent of a Barolo." Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate |
| | | | ‣ "There is great finesse and elegance in the 2020 Anza Especial. Even if the wine is still extremely young, the palate already shows a complexity and depth that is breathtaking, with a lively mouthfeel, a spark of freshness and very pure and clean, defined flavors. This is a traditional Rioja in the making with elegance and complexity, nuance and subtleness. 2,900 bottles were filled in February 2022, after 14 months in barrel." Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate |
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