Rioja Alta, Rioja Ardanza Reserva

Rioja Alta, Rioja Ardanza ReservaBottled December 2008. 80% Tempranillo (aged in 4 year old American oak for 36 months) and 20% Garnacha (aged in 2 to 3 year old American oak for 30 months). Dark cocoa scents plus Morello cherry and blackberries. Chewy, substantial palate with aromatic oak on the long finish. This is bold but beautiful, with oak and fruit in superb balance. Its not just the complex flavour range and superb persistence that marks this wine, but the effortless,

This is Lot L033331E100008

Made from 50% Grenache

lychee nut and dried tangerine peel-infused aromas to shine

yet all the elements are wonderfully in balance

powerful and robust full-bodied flavors possess both super energy and minerality before delivering huge length on the balanced

14 ha parcel planted in 1984)

The elegant

It will not improve further

04 ha parcel of 60+ year old vines

This is also quite aromatically restrained with its combination of dark cherry

finely wrought and dovetailing on the long

earth and abundant floral influences