Lopez de Heredia "Vina Tondonia" Rioja Gran Reserva 2004

Lopez de Heredia "Vina Tondonia" Rioja Gran Reserva 2004An iconic wine from an iconic year. This wine can easily age another 50 years, but is enjoyable now with a generous decant. A signature of the great Lopez wines is that a new flavor or quality of the wine is revealed with each sip. Prepare to spend a special few hours with this wine as it develops in the glass.

the first thing you will notice is that with the slight increase in ABV comes a touch more heat than in other G’vine offerings

Made with organic grapes from the exquisite Cancilla vineyard

With notes of tart

The body is sweet and woody

and worked for half a year at a winery in Napa

then relocated to the great state of New Mexico to begin their American wine making adventure

Beginning in 1946

where they try to showcase a different and elegant side of the Baga grape variety

The acidity is balanced and zippy and in the finish there is cocoa powder-like tannin that keeps the wine fresh on the palate

This wine comes from northern Italy

The Fleurie Vieilles Vignes comes from vines that are over 60 years old

along with other international varieties such as Syrah