We just confirmed quantity on the stunning 2017 vintage of La Rioja Alta's Viña Ardanza and it is red hot! 95 Suckling, 94 Wine Advocate!

For just $29.99, you are getting so much here and far more than just 95 points. This is a reserve level wine from one of the region's top producers, from pinnacle vineyards in Rioja, and has been aged and held back at the estate to ensure prime drinkability upon release. This wine just oozes value!

So many of you getting this are already familiar with this producer as being at the forefront of modern, super elegant, Rioja production but they have gotten insane recognition in the last few years. The 890 cuvee was named in the top 10 of Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2018 and the 904 and Ardanza have received insane rave press from the Wine Advocate. With such incredible press, demand has never been higher.

The Vina Ardanza is the brightest and most lively of LRA's wine in our opinion. It's fresh and so expressive. Cherry, gentle spice, balsamic and herb notes all weave together to make a super delectable palate!

For the money, this is near unbeatable QPR! Please pick this up while it lasts because it is going to fly!

"A more vibrant and fruitier expression of Ardanza this year with strawberries, mussels, warm spices and berries. Round and silky on the palate with lovely spices and a long, nicely saline finish. A nice touch of creaminess works really well here and further extends the finish. 80% tempranillo and 20% garnacha. Drink or hold." - 95 Points James Suckling 

"2017 was not an easy harvest, but it produced some beautiful and classical wines, like the 2017 Viña Ardanza Reserva, which shows a little more advancement and polish and is ready to drink. It was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha from their vineyard La Pedriza in Tudelilla. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in American oak barrels, 36 months for the Tempranillo and 30 for the Garnacha (that was harvested 15 days later), with six rackings. It's ripe and aromatic, tertiary, with 14.5% alcohol and mellow acidity, a medium-bodied palate and sleek tannins. It has a pungent note of clove and pepper, some licorice and ink and the cherries in liqueur from the Garnacha. An updated classical Ardanza. 600,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021." - 94 Points Luis Gutierrez, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Baked cherry, raspberry ganache and warm fig flavors are ripe and expressive, with a pleasing counterpoint and added detail from rich notes of loamy earth and leather, plus accents of bay leaf, vanilla and red licorice. There's a supple generosity on the palate, trimmed nicely by fine-grained tannins and a tang of orange peel acidity. Tempranillo and Garnacha. Drink now through 2032. 35,000 cases made, 9,000 cases imported. -AN" - 92 Points Wine Spectator