A luxurious, traditional Rioja wine with hand-harvested grapes, aged in American oak, showcasing complex layers of herbs, spices, tobacco, and earthy notes.
Producer
La Rioja Alta
Region
Rioja
Country
Spain
Varietal Composition
95% Tempranillo, 2% Mazuelo, 3% Graciano
Specifications
2010
Vintage
2044
Drink By
14
%
ABV
Vinification
Hand harvested grapes from estate vineyards are destemmed, crushed, then fermented in tanks for 18 days, then stabilized for 4 months, before aging for 6 years in barrels, with 10 manual rackings
Occasional wine note
This is perhaps the most special Spanish wines in our portfolio. It represents the more traditional approach to winemaking in Rioja; hand harvested, destemmed grapes only picked in special years, aged for several years in American oak. The fruit is integrated into complex layers of herbs, spices, tobacco, and lots of earthy notes. This is a serious wine and as luxurious as its price tag. Awesome!
What experts say about this wine
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/
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James Suckling
This is really refined and complex, with dark mineral, savory berries, mussels, walnuts, sweet spices, truffles, dried oranges, forest floor and cocoa powder. Beautiful acidity with vertical and velvety tannins. Tense, dimensional and very long.
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100
Wine Advocate
They were eager to show me their 2010 Gran Reserva 890, their flagship wine from one of the most heralded vintages of recent times, the next vintage of this wine since 2005. It's 95% Tempranillo, 3% Graciano and 2% Mazuelo that fermented destemmed and crushed with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats for 18 days, the Tempranillo and Mazuelo together and the Graciano separately. After letting the wine settle for the winter, they selected the lots that would age for six years in used American oak barrels with 10 manual rackings. The wine epitomizes the classical style of Rioja Alta with long aging in barrel, developed and tertiary wines with a silky palate and a complex and decadent nose of forest floor, truffles, cigar ash and cedar wood. They need a very special selection of vineyards at higher altitude that take longer to ripen, and they don't do it fully every year.
pairing recommendation
Red Meat
Pork
Cured Meats
Spanish Fare
Mexican Fare
Root Vegetables
Stews & Soups
Hard Cheeses
99
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