Navarra : guide des vins — cépages, appellations et producteurs

Renaissance de la Garnacha de vieilles vignes

Sol: Stony, calcareous foothill slopes with old Garnacha bush vines.
Style: Perfumed, fresh old-vine Garnacha reds and serious rosados — Navarra’s renaissance.
Grands sites: Single-vineyard old-vine Garnacha is driving Navarra’s quality revival beyond cheap rosé.
Millésimes: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Producteurs: Emilio ValerioArtazu (Artadi)

Astuce · Once known only for rosé, Navarra now makes some of Spain’s most exciting old-vine Garnacha.

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Domaines Lupier "El Terroir" · ~$28

Old-vine Garnacha — floral, fresh and mineral; a Navarra benchmark.

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Artazu "Santa Cruz de Artazu" · ~$60 · 2019

Single-vineyard old-vine Garnacha of real finesse.

La tradition du rosé espagnol

Sol: Warmer Ribera Baja flats near the Ebro, suited to Garnacha and Tempranillo.
Style: Dry, deeply-flavoured Garnacha rosado plus juicy Tempranillo-Garnacha reds and ripe Cabernet/Merlot.
Grands sites: Navarra’s rosados are saignée-style and gastronomic — a world apart from pale commercial pink.
Millésimes: 2020, 2021, 2022
Producteurs: Bodegas OchoaNekeas

Astuce · Navarra pioneered serious Spanish rosado and remains a value source for it.

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Bodegas Ochoa Garnacha Rosado · ~$15

Vivid, dry, food-friendly Garnacha rosé — Navarra tradition in a glass.

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Chivite "Colección 125" Rosado · ~$35 · 2021

Barrel-fermented, gastronomic rosé of remarkable depth.