With vibrant redcurrant and strawberry aromas, Lnea Krmn Rioja Clarete is the perfect summer rosado. Its ripe bramble fruits and soft, supple tannins are balanced by a squeeze of juicy citrus acidity, leaving a fresh and long finish. Pair it with a variety of tapas dishes for a delicious summer meal.Clarete is a traditional style of Rioja rosado – produced by co-fermenting red and white grapes together.

About the Producer

The Gmez Cruzado winery dates back to 1886 when Angel Gmez de Arteche started to produce and bottle his own wine in Haro, at the very heart of Rioja Alta. This was in the day when the wine trade between Rioja and France passed along the Tudela-Bilbao line, and the key Rioja wineries were located around the station of Haro. The winery sits just 100m from the station to this day. Subsequently bought by Angel and Jesus Gomez Cruzado in 1916, and more recently by the Baos family, David Gonzlez now heads up the team. He has been working with Gomez Cruzado for over 10 years, crafting wines from vineyards of old bush vines in the most elevated areas of Rioja Alta and Alavesa. He sources from almost a hundred different plots across 3 distinct regions: Alto Najerilla, Bajo Najerilla and Sierra Cantabria. Sierra Cantabria (Rioja Alta and Alavesa): Vines grow in poor, white, chalky-clay soils, on sunny slopes at the highest part of the sierra (up to 750m altitude) – where the Mediterranean and Atlantic climates meet. The area produces wines with freshness and elegance. Bajo Najerilla (Rioja Alta): in the triangle formed by the villages of Uruuela, Cenicero and Torremontalbo, where the Najerilla river flows into the River Ebro. Tempranillo vines grown in alluvial soils at an average altitude of 500m in a warmer, more temperate continental climate with a notable Mediterranean influence. Wines have high maturity and excellent ageing capacity. Alto Najerilla (Rioja Alta): Garnacha vines over 80 years old, planted in ferrous clay soil at around 750m altitude, on north-facing slopes near the Sierra de la Demanda. The continental climate confers strong fruitiness and marked acidity on the resulting wines.

Vineyard and Winery

Old vine, bush trained Garnacha and Viura from a single vineyard named “Cerro Calvario in the village of Cordovn. This is a very cool climate region with deep red soils rich in clay and iron, at the foot of the Sierra de la Demanda mountains. The grapes are crushed then cold-fermented in stainless steel with native yeasts. The wine spends 3 months on lees before bottling.