Lopez de Heredia - Vina Tondonia: Vina Tondonia Reserva 2005

: Tempranillo 70%, Garnacha 20%, Graciano 5%, Mazuelo 5%

: rød, tør; 13,0% Vol.; Modenhed til at drikke: 2017–2054

: saftig; silkeblød og aromatisk; struktureret

: Tim Atkin: 96/100; Suckling: 96/100; Galloni: 94/100; Parker: 93/100

: Spanien, Rioja, Rioja Alta

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Lopez de Heredia - Vina Tondonia, Avda. de Vizcaya 3, 26200 Haro La Rioja, SPANIEN

Tim Atkin om: Vina Tondonia Reserva

Not many bodegas in Rioja - or elsewhere in Spain - are in a position to release a Gran Reserva that's over 20 years' old. Sourced from the 58-year-old Viña Tondonia in Haro, it's a blend of Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% each of Graciano and Mazuelo that's firm, mature and patrician, with savoury tannins, ample zip and minerality and layers of leather, forest floor and sweet plum and redcurrant fruit.

Suckling om: Vina Tondonia Reserva

-- Suckling:A staggering range of aromas, from dried mango and papaya through toasted nuts to dried flowers. Powerful and concentrated, but not at all fat, this has a stunning texture, due to the interplay of tannins and richness. Very long, intense finish. Drink or hold. 96/100

Galloni om: Vina Tondonia Reserva

-- Galloni: (aged for six years in American oak barrels and four years in bottle) Bright red. Vibrant, spice-tinged red currant and cherry aromas are complemented by suggestions of pipe tobacco, vanilla and incense, and a spicy nuance gains volume with air. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering energetic red fruit and spicecake flavors that pick up a hint of smokiness on the back half. Concentrated yet lively, showing impressive delineation and a sexy floral quality on the extremely long, seamless finish. While this wine is quite seductive right now, I've little doubt that it will cruise along nicely for at least another decade or more, and probably quite a bit longer. 94/100

Parker om: Vina Tondonia Reserva

-- Parker: The 2005 Viña Tondonia Reserva is a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo from their vineyards in the meander of the Ebro River, where they have some 100 hectares of vineyards. The wine fermented in the original oak vats that are now some 140 years of age. There is no temperature control and malolactic was also in the vat. The wine was transferred to oak barrels where it slowly matured in their deep, humid caves for no less than six years. After this, it was bottled unfiltered after being fined with egg whites. I think the quality gap between the Reserva and Gran Reserva has been getting smaller since the 2001 vintage and this 2005 is nothing short of exceptional. It's clean and complex, with more freshness. The wine is very spicy and with a palate that feels very balanced, livelier than in the past. It has a long finish where the flavors are clean. Easy to drink and very pleasurable. Some 250,000 bottles were produced in 2005. 93/100

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Lopez de Heredia – Vina Tondonia

Vingården "López de Heredia" blev grundlagt i Haro i 1877. Ved århundredeskiftet blev virksomheden anset for at være teknologisk førende takket være sin franske kælderteknologi. I dag drives virksomheden af fjerde generation, María José López de Heredia.

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