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La Rioja Alta S.A.

More than 125 years producing some of the most important internationally recognised Riojas. A style that is nowadays endorsed by the great prescribers with the best scores in the market for classic Riojan wines. With native grape varieties and American oak as its hallmarks, its bottles guarantee longevity and elegance like few other producers.

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How does it taste?

Fruit

Toast

Body

Acidity

Tasting notes

Look

He noted for its bright and vivid maroon with incipient red cherry trim, intense layer.

Smell

The first olfaction is very intense, with hints of spicy, balsamic and ripe fruit that after a slight agitation of the glass, discover new aromas of black pepper, sweet licorice, nutmeg, coffee, vanilla and cinnamon.

Taste

The step is packed with flavors mouth with an acidity balance and with friendly and highly polished tannins that enhance the harmonious structure of this new crop. Aftertaste complex and elegant with spicy and balsamic memories.

Information

Ageing

Reserva
Appellation

Rioja
Grape

Tempranillo, Garnacha
Country

Spain
Recommended Pairing

Red meats, Fish, Cured cheeses, Stews, Barbecues, Big game hunting, Roast meats, Poultry
Zones

La Rioja
Alcohol

14%
Ocasiones

Conoce a tus suegros, ¡Felicidades!, BBQ con amigos, Cena sin niños, El tamaño importa
VIVINO Points

4,2
Tipo de Vino

Tinto

Viña Ardanza Reserva

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Vintage

2017
2016

Size

Bottle 75cl.
Bottle 1,5l. (Magnum)

€53.90

Te sale a €17.97/l

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Description of Viña Ardanza Reserva

One of the most renowned red wines in Spain. A very complicated vintage, with irregular maturities where the work of plot selection and selective harvests were the key to obtaining a wine of exceptional quality once again this year. Viña Ardanza is one of those few wines that is always ready to drink from the moment it is launched (not in vain it remains in the cellar for 7 or 8 years until it reaches the market), until decades later if the ageing conditions are suitable. Among its fundamental qualities we find the balance, silkiness and power of a great emblem of Rioja wines. One of the keys to its versatility is that it is one of the classic Rioja wines with the highest percentage of Garnacha in its blend, albeit from vines over 50 years old. It tops the list of the most popular wines in the €20 range, which can be paired with roast lamb, red meat, big game, highly seasoned fish stews and cured or smoked cheeses. It is also one of the perfect wines to drink at barbecues with friends.

Ideal pairing

Red meats
Fish
Cured cheeses
Stews
Barbecues
Big game hunting, Roast meats
Poultry

Making notes Viña Ardanza Reserva

Notas del Viñedo

The Tempranillo (80%) comes from our farms La Cuesta and Montecillo, 30 years old, in FuenMayor and ashtray. La Garnacha (20%) comes from Pedriza in Tudelilla (Rioja Low). This farm (70 ha) has unbeatable conditions for the cultivation of this variety and is planted on a very poor, covered with boulders, which offers us a grape of great varietal typicity, very rich in aromas and pleasant and fine structure . The vintage of these plots began in mid-October. The grape was collected by hand and transported in refrigerated trucks to the cellar.

Making notes

In March 2011, the selected wines went to Barrel, initiating their aging separately: the Tempranillo for 36 months, with six manual and in American oak of 4 years of average age and the Garnacha for 30 months, with 5 manual trades In 2 and 3 wines barrels. The final coupage was bottled in May 2015. The alcoholic fermentation was carried out naturally. The malolactic fermentation concluded at the end of the year.

Climatología

A very favorable climatology, with an excellent vegetative and sanitary vineyard state until the end of the cycle and very moderate production returns due to a slight flow in bloom.