Lopez de Heredia - Vina Tondonia: Vina Bosconia Tinto Gran Reserva 2005

Parker om: Vina Bosconia Tinto Gran Reserva

The 2005 Viña Bosconia Gran Reserva has a nose of cherries in liqueur and some brick dust, a little à la Rayas, with more Garnacha profile despite having only 10% of Garnacha in the blend (there's 80% Tempranillo, with the balance between Graciano and Mazuelo). This comes from El Bosque, a vineyard on a slope, with less stones on the surface than Tondonia and hence less like Châteauneuf. But the character is there... It's very attractive, Mediterranean, aromatic, showy and expressive. Bosconia tends to develop very nicely in bottle, normally at a slower pace than the Tondonia. It has 12.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 6.6 grams of acidity. Today, I preferred this over the Tondonia. 6,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2019 after spending 14 years in the old oak vats and neutral American oak barrels.