La Huella de Aitana 2025 | Rosado | Gonzalo Celayeta

Name: La Huella de Aitana 2025 | Rosado | Gonzalo Celayeta
Brand: Gonzalo Celayeta
SKU: 946
Price: 13.39 EUR
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From vineyards located in the transition zone between the Ribera Alta and Baja Montaña subzones, in the lower part of the municipality of San Martín de Unx, located 400 meters above the sea level. Calcareous clay soils. 100% Garnacha.

Fermented for 4 months in American Oak barrels and aged on lees.

Production: 6,500 bottles.

La Huella de Aitana 2025 by Gonzalo Celayeta

This rosé is a distinctive offering from the Gonzalo Celayeta winery, representing the 2025 vintage of La Huella de Aitana. Produced in Navarra, Spain, this wine is crafted exclusively from 100% Garnacha grapes. The vineyards are strategically located in a transitional zone between the Ribera Alta and Baja Montaña subzones, specifically in the lower part of the San Martín de Unx municipal term. Situated at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level, the vines benefit from clay-limestone soils, which contribute to the wine’s structural integrity and minerality.

The winemaking process reflects a commitment to texture and complexity. The wine ferments for four months in American oak barrels and is then aged sur lies (on the lees), a technique that enhances mouthfeel and adds subtle oxidative notes without overwhelming the fresh fruit character. This careful vinification results in a limited production run of 6,500 bottles, ensuring exclusivity and focused quality control.

On the palate, one can expect a rosé that balances freshness with the richness imparted by oak aging and lees contact. The Garnacha variety typically provides red berry and stone fruit aromas, which are likely complemented by the vanilla and spice notes from the American oak. The sur lies aging should lend a creamy texture and increased volume on the mid-palate, distinguishing it from simpler, stainless-steel-aged rosés. The clay-limestone terroir likely contributes a refreshing acidity that cuts through the richness, ensuring the wine remains vibrant and drinkable.

Overall, La Huella de Aitana 2025 stands as a sophisticated example of Navarra’s rosé production. By combining Garnacha with extended oak contact and lees aging, Gonzalo Celayeta has created a wine that offers depth and complexity beyond the typical light-bodied profile. It is an ideal choice for those seeking a rosé with substance, texture, and a clear expression of its unique terroir.

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Learn more about Gonzalo Celayeta

Gonzalo Celayeta is a biologist and oenologist from Olite, third generation of a wine-growing family in the Baja Montaña zone of Navarra. He studied oenology in Logroño and spent four years at EVENA — Navarra's official viticulture and oenology research station — before launching his personal project in 2004. Since 2006 he has also been Technical Director of Bodegas San Martín, the cooperative of San Martín de Unx founded in 1914 and one of the driving forces behind the revival of Garnacha as a serious terroir variety in Navarra.

The 9 hectares are spread across San Martín de Unx and Olite at between 400 and 600 metres altitude, on clay-limestone soils surrounded by aromatic scrubland — thyme, lavender and rosemary — vegetation that Celayeta considers part of the terroir and that shows directly in the herbal character of his wines. The main variety is Garnacha Tinta, alongside Garnacha Blanca, Viura and Chardonnay. Every wine is named after someone close to him: La Huella de Aitana ("Aitana's Footprint") is named after his eldest daughter, born in 2011, the year of the first harvest; the "A" on the label was drawn by Aitana herself. Cuvée Zen is the aged version of the same rosado — 85% Garnacha Tinta, 15% Garnacha Blanca — fermented and matured first eight months in barrel and then ten months in a clay amphora (tinaja), with a production of 1,500 bottles; the Peñín Guide awards it 91–92 points and Decanter has also reviewed it. El Piano is the red wine in the range, 100% Garnacha from vines at 600 metres, aged in very old American oak: the piano, says Celayeta, is the instrument his wife plays, and a wine — like music — transmits the character of whoever makes it.

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