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Viña Tondonia Tinto Reserva DOCa Rioja

R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia | Rioja

Vintage 2010 | 75 cl

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Viña Tondonia Tinto Reserva DOCa Rioja
Region
Rioja
Producer
R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia
Vintage
2010
Grape varieties
  • 75% Tempranillo
  • 15% Grenache / Garnacha
  • Graciano
  • Mazuelo
Bottle size
75 cl
Ratings
  • 96 points Robert Parker
  • 97 points James Suckling
  • 93 points Wine Spectator
Alcohol
13%
Classification
DOCa
Special characteristic
  • Contains sulphites

Hand-picked and hand-selected grapes. Destemming followed by wild-yeast fermentation in 240-hectolitre oak vessels, accompanied by regular punch-downs of the grape skins. Subsequent maturation, including malolactic fermentation, for six and a half years in 225-litre American oak barrels. Racking twice a year during this period to separate the wine from its natural sediment. Fined with fresh egg white before bottling.

Medium ruby. This wine has a rich nose, with ripe dark berry aromas, chocolate and delicate floral hints that are suggestive of violet. Very elegantly structured on the palate, with silky tannins. The impressions on the nose are even more pronounced on a rich, intense palate, culminating in delicately spicy notes on a long finish. A quite unique wine.

Sourced from Viña Tondonia's estate-owned vineyard on the right bank of the River Ebro in Haro. A combination of heavy loam soils and a mild climate enables grapes to reach optimum ripeness.