Finca el Foro 2024 (red)
Finca el Foro 2024 by Arizcuren is an elegant, fresh red from Rioja Oriental with a distinctive Mediterranean character. Garnacha, Mazuelo, and a small proportion of Viura create a pure, lively, highly drinkable style.
Sense of Wine is the first importer in the Czech Republic to bring in and offer the 2024 vintage of Finca el Foro.
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An elegant, fresh, fluid red with a distinctive Mediterranean character. Garnacha and Mazuelo give the wine structure and potential, while Viura contributes lightness and excellent drinkability. The result is a pure, vertical expression with vivid energy.
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Sense of Wine is the first importer in the Czech Republic to bring in and offer the 2024 vintage of Finca el Foro from Arizcuren. This gives you a distinctive opportunity to taste this limited Spanish rarity among the first.
Sense of Wine is the first importer in the Czech Republic to bring in and offer the 2024 vintage of Finca el Foro from Arizcuren. This gives you a distinctive opportunity to taste this limited Spanish rarity among the first.
VARIETY
60% Garnacha, 30% Mazuelo, 5% Viura, 5% others (Garnacha Gris, Miguel de Arco, Tempranillo)
WINERY
Arizcuren Bodega y Viñedos is an organic winery in the certification process, focused on sustainable practices and the authenticity of Rioja Oriental varieties.
HARVEST
Hand-harvested into small 11 kg crates from a distinctive 0.7 ha vineyard in Sierra de Yerga. A field blend from old bush vines, 45 and 90 years old, on sandy-loam soil at 600 m above sea level.
VINIFICATION AND AGING
Spontaneous fermentation, gentle pressing in a vertical press, and subsequent aging in barrique barrels.
BOTTLING
1,461 bottles (January 2026).
ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 13.5%; total acidity: 4.92 g/l; pH: 3.53; residual sugar: < 0.1 g/l.
TASTE AND CHARACTER
The wine is lively, elegant, and pure on both the nose and palate, with a fine structure, Mediterranean character, and a long, fresh finish. A minimalist approach in the cellar highlights the wine's authenticity and energy.
SOMMELIER'S TIP
Serve lightly chilled at 14–16 °C. Excellent with herb-roasted lamb, grilled meats—especially Ibérico pork—or mushroom dishes such as porcini risotto or roasted portobello.
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Arizcuren Bodega y Viñedos was founded by Javier Arizcuren, an architect and winemaker who combines technical precision with an artistic sensitivity to terroir. His family has been involved in winemaking for generations and has cultivated vineyards since the mid-20th century in Quel, a village with a long winemaking tradition located in the Cidacos Valley, at the heart of Rioja Oriental and a 40-minute drive from Logroño.
After years of working in the family vineyards, Javier decided to continue the tradition through his own modern approach. In 2011, he began producing the first wines under the Arizcuren label, working with 16 hectares of vineyards and a clear vision: to restore the authentic character and identity of Garnacha and Mazuelo, two varieties that had long remained in the shadow of Tempranillo in the region.
The winery is located in the centre of Logroño, where Javier established a small, design-led urban winery that brings together architecture, tradition and sustainability. He farms the vineyards himself according to organic principles, without chemical herbicides or pesticides, and is currently in the process of obtaining organic certification.
Every bottle of Arizcuren carries the signature of its landscape: the rocky slopes of the Sierra de Yerga, where the vines grow at elevations of more than 500 metres above sea level. The combination of abundant sunshine and cool night-time winds gives the wines their distinctive mineral character and freshness. Today, Arizcuren is regarded as one of Rioja’s most compelling boutique wineries. Production is limited to small batches, often ranging from only a few hundred to a few thousand bottles. Each project, known as an Apunte or “note”, is both an experiment and a tribute to its terroir.
“Every wine is like a work of architecture—it must stand on solid foundations and possess harmony of form as well as a soul,” says Javier Arizcuren. Apuntes is Arizcuren’s latest project: a collection of experimental wines through which the winery gives free rein to its creativity. These wines emerge spontaneously and unpredictably during the harvest. They are created with complete freedom, knowing that they will not become part of the winery’s permanent portfolio and can never be repeated. One wine, one vintage.
Arizcuren’s roots lie in Javier’s hometown of Quel, a village with a long winemaking tradition in the Cidacos Valley, around a 40-minute drive from Logroño. In 2011, he took over 16 hectares of family vineyards and began to recognise the potential and distinctive character of this area, with plots rising along the slopes of Mount Yerga. Only the finest-quality grapes are bottled under the Arizcuren label.