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  • Country ranking ?

    238
  • Producer ranking ?

    61
  • Decanting time

    30min
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Saddle of devilled lamb with young vegetables

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The Story

Marqués de Riscal Reserva wines are basically made from grapes from tempranillo vines planted before de 70’s, grown in the best clay-limestone soils of the Rioja Alavesa. This variety withstands oak- and bottle ageing well thanks to its good balance of acidity and fine tannin. The Graciano and Mazuelo varieties, whose presence in the blend does not exceed 10%, provide crispness and a lively colour. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature of 26ºC and the maceration time is never more than 12 days.

Riscal reservas spend around two years in American Oak barrels, producing a wine which corresponds to the classic Rioja style: fresh, fine, elegant and very suitable for laying down for many years. Before release for sale it spends a minimum of one year rounding off in the bottle; time enough to show how much complexity tempranillo is able to achieve.

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Wine Information

This year is largely and sadly dominated by obituary notices. The 21st of April: death of the American writer Mark Twain, inventor of the young hero Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The 6th of May, Eduard VII, King of England, died. The 27th of May, the German doctor and bacteriologist, Robert Koch, who discovered the bacillus of the tuberculosis and laureate of the Nobel Prize of medicine in 1905, disappeared. The 30th of October: death of Henri Dunant, first laureate of the Peace Nobel prize in 1901 and founder of the Red Cross. The 20th of November, the famous Russian writer, Leon Tolstoi, author of “War and Peace” died.

Medium Quality. Strong frost in April. Very rainy August. Irregular maturation.

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Opaque and Dark

ending

Long

flavors

Vegetal, Coffee, Toasty and Earthy

nose

Mature

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Mature, Light, Focused, Elegant, Fragrant, Dry and Drying tannins

Written Notes

Super deep brown colour. Strong, stewed, liquorice, cough medicine nose. Full and rich, nicely alive with fruit intenisty left. Vegemite and maderised notes. Long and concentrated.
  • 90p
Garnet red colour with slightly orange hue. Aromatic nose, bread crust, prunes and dried figs, hints of mild spices and slightly smoky notes. On the palate quite elegant with pelasant flavour, hints of acidity, fine tannins. The wine shows a good lengh, fine sweetness, however remains aromatically rather discreet.
  • 89p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is opaque, and looking dark and deep. On the nose it is mature. The taste is focused, elegant, fragrant, and dry, with medium tannin ., with drying tannins, and average in acidity, light and mature. On the palate it is layered and has coffee, toasty, earthy and vegetal flavours. The finish is long. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 1-5 years.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 90p
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Origin

Elciego, Rioja

Other wines from this producer

Baron de Chirel Reserva

Marques de Riscal Blanco

Marqués de Riscal Gran Reserva

Marques de Riscal Rueda

Riscal 1860

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