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Izadi Rioja Reserva brings a fresher, fruit-forward character to mature Rioja, combining fragrant blackberry and redcurrant with tobacco, liquorice, earthy complexity and beautifully integrated oak. Made from Tempranillo grown in high-altitude Rioja Alavesa vineyards, it is concentrated and polished without allowing maturation to overwhelm the fruit.
Sixteen months in French and American oak followed by extended bottle ageing gives the wine genuine Reserva depth, spice and maturity, while cool nights help preserve aroma and acidity. The result is a refined, food-friendly Rioja for anyone wanting developed Reserva character with freshness, perfume and ripe fruit still firmly at its heart.
Izadi Rioja Reserva gives you the maturity and complexity expected from Reserva while keeping ripe fruit and freshness remarkably prominent. Fragrant blackberry and redcurrant meet tobacco, liquorice, earthy notes and well-integrated oak, producing a polished Rioja with plenty of character but no sense of heaviness.
It's particularly appealing if you enjoy mature Rioja but don't necessarily want oak and ageing to dominate the experience. Here, the fruit remains expressive and the finish long and fruit-led, giving a fresher, more modern interpretation of classic Reserva character.
Merchant's Tip
If you're choosing between Reservas, think about the balance you want between fruit and maturation. Izadi has all the developed complexity you'd expect from the category, but its blackberry, redcurrant and freshness remain unusually easy to find. Choose this when you want mature Rioja without losing sight of the fruit underneath.
Nose
Fresh and fragrant, with blackberry and redcurrant joined by tobacco, liquorice and subtle earthy complexity.
Palate
Pure and concentrated, with ripe red and black fruit supported by spice, toast and mature oak character. Fresh acidity and a polished texture keep the wine balanced and lively despite its extended maturation.
Finish
Long and fruit-forward, with lingering dark fruit, spice and savoury notes bringing freshness and maturity together.
Choose Izadi Rioja Reserva if you want a properly matured Rioja with the complexity that comes from barrel and bottle ageing, but still want ripe fruit, fragrance and freshness to play a leading role. It offers a polished middle ground between fruit-driven younger Rioja and Reservas where mature oak and savoury development become more dominant.
If you're comparing different expressions of the style, our Rioja Reserva collection lets you explore how different producers balance fruit, oak and maturity.
Izadi works with Tempranillo from vineyards around Villabuena, Samaniego and Ábalos in Rioja Alavesa. These high-altitude vineyards experience warm days followed by much cooler nights, helping grapes achieve ripeness while retaining the acidity and aromatic freshness that remain noticeable in the finished wine.
The vines are traditionally bush trained on clay-chalk soils. After fermentation and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel, the wine spends 16 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels, including a proportion of new oak.
More than two further years of bottle ageing allows the fruit, oak and savoury characters to come together before release. That combination explains the wine's distinctive balance: enough maturation for tobacco, liquorice, toast and earthy complexity, but enough freshness and fruit to stop those mature flavours taking over.
Izadi Rioja Reserva is particularly well suited to grilled or roasted red meats, game and mature cheeses. Its combination of ripe fruit, acidity and savoury maturity also works well with richer sauces and slow-cooked meat dishes.
Serve at around 16–18°C. Giving the wine a little time in the glass will help its fruit, tobacco, liquorice and earthy notes open up.
For more ideas, our Rioja Food Pairing Guide explores how different Rioja styles work with food.
What makes Izadi Rioja Reserva particularly useful is that you don't have to choose between mature Rioja character and expressive fruit. Its time in barrel and bottle provides genuine Reserva complexity, but blackberry, redcurrant, fragrance and freshness remain central to the wine.
It's a very good route for someone who knows they want Reserva but prefers elegance and fruit to remain at least as important as the flavours created by maturation.
Compare Izadi with other mature styles in our Rioja Reserva collection, or use our Rioja Ageing Guide if you're deciding whether Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva best matches the character you're looking for.
To explore where this fresher, aromatic character comes from, our Rioja Alavesa collection brings together wines from this distinctive part of Rioja.
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