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La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 890 2010

£160.36 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

La Rioja Alta
Rioja

Other sizes: Magnum

Parker Points: 97
Peñin Points: 98

£160.36 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

They were eager to show me their 2010 Gran Reserva 890, their flagship wine from one of the most heralded vintages of recent times, the next vintage of this wine since 2005. It's 95% Tempranillo, 3% Graciano and 2% Mazuelo that fermented destemmed and crushed with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats for 18 days, the Tempranillo and Mazuelo together and the Graciano separately. After letting the wine settle for the winter, they selected the lots that would age for six years in used American oak barrels with 10 manual rackings. The wine epitomizes the classical style of Rioja Alta with long aging in barrel, developed and tertiary wines with a silky palate and a complex and decadent nose of forest floor, truffles, cigar ash and cedar wood. They need a very special selection of vineyards at higher altitude that take longer to ripen, and they don't do it fully every year. If they don't, the grapes go to Ardanza, but in 2010, the days were warm and the nights very cold and the grapes ripened thoroughly and could stand the long time in barrel without being oaky. They have stopped the last rackings to keep a little more freshness, and the wine feels phenomenal. This has to be one of the finest vintages for this wine. It's drinkable now but should also age for a very long time; it's intense, complex and elegant. A selection of 236 barrels were blended and bottled unfiltered in March 2017 into 61,643 bottles, 4,189 magnums and some larger formats. There will be a 2011 of this wine and then 2015 and possibly 2016 (but no 2012, 2013 or 2014). This is a very intense 890. Classicism in a bottle.

Features

Description

Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 890 is an exclusive red wine made with Tempranillo (95%), Mazuelo (2%) from old vineyards in Briñas, Labastida and Villalba and Graciano (3%) from the Montecillo estate.
These vineyards have an average age of more than 40 years and are characterised by being estates with soils with a high clay and lime content, which favours the quality of the grapes.

Winemaking

The grapes are harvested by hand in 20 kg crates which are transported cold to the winery. Once there, the grapes undergo a very gentle destemming and crushing.
Fermentation is carried out at a controlled temperature and at the end of the process, the best batches are transferred to barrels to be aged for 6 years. During this time the wines undergo ten rackings in the traditional manner.
During this process, a new selection is made to pass on to the final blend of only 199 barrels. In order to guarantee and maintain as much of its particularities as possible, this wine does not undergo any filtering process.

Taste

This Gran Reserva from La Rioja is a wine with great structure and an excellent balance between acidity and sweetness with really smooth tannins. It is a complex, round red wine with an elegant finish.

A wine to enjoy on special occasions...

La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 890, is an optimal wine, product of a long ageing, elaborated by Bodega La Rioja Alta, S.A.
This red wine is magnificent as an accompaniment to main dishes such as meat stews, as well as desserts made with chocolate. It can also be perfect to enjoy as an after-dinner drink.
And you, do you dare to try it? Let us know what you think!

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  • 10/11/23 La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 890 2010