Clos Ibai, Garnacha Tinta 2021

Why we love this bottle

Clos Ibai is a small organic winery in Elciego, in the Rioja. They started in 2014 with one idea. Not millions of bottles, but wine with character. Everything is picked by hand. We love it because it shows a side of Rioja most people have never tasted.

Forget the image of Rioja as a heavy wine full of oak. This Garnacha comes from vines planted in 1930, on terraces high in the hills, and ages in stainless steel without any wood. So you only taste the grape. Cherry, red berries and a touch of thyme. Juicy, savoury and fresh. Ibai is Basque for river, a nod to the Ebro that flows past their vineyards. Rioja like you have never known it.