Viña Tondonia Rioja Gran Reserva

by Lopez de Heredia 2001

$249.99 ($749.97 /case)

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Viña Tondonia Rioja Gran Reserva by Lopez de Heredia 2001

Viña Tondonia Rioja Gran Reserva

by Lopez de Heredia 2001

$249.99 ($749.97 /case)

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Producer : Lopez de Heredia

Region : Rioja (Spain), Spain (Spain)

Food Pairing : Breads, Cured Meat, Rich Fish, Soft Cheese, White Meat

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Tasting Notes

"The 2001 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva is the follow-up of the 1995. There is a sense of harmony and elegance, of nuance and subtleness that wasn't quite the same in the Bosconia, as comparing both wines is inevitable. They started picking the red grapes the 15th of October, and the last grapes were picked the 29th of October with good weather. The grapes ripened properly and thoroughly, and the wine has great balance for a long aging in bottle. This is 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho and 5% each Graciano and Mazuelo that fermented in their 153-year-old oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in used barrels for 10 years. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 6.4 grams of acidity (tartaric). The nose shows young (tasting it blind, you'd guess a 10-year old wine, not a 20-year-old wine!). It has a nose of sweet spices, underbrush and cigar ash, somewhat balsamic, bramble fruit with perfect ripeness, integrated and young but starting to show some tertiary complexity. The palate is velvety and medium-bodied, with fine-grained, chalky tannins denoting a limestone soil that brings finesse and texture and a sapid, tasty, almost salty finish. This is going to make a beautiful bottle of old Rioja in 30 years' time! 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled after being fined with egg whites in July 2012.

98 Points - Luis Guttierez, The Wine Advocate

Specs

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Price of Case	$749.97
Point Score	98
Cellaring	Drink Now or Cellar
Sweetness	XD - Extra Dry See Sweetness Chart
Bottle Size	750 ml
Producer	Lopez de Heredia
Region	Rioja (Spain), Spain (Spain)
Alcohol	13% alc./vol.
Style	Smooth and silky reds
Vintage	2001
Farming Method	Sustainable
Food Pairing	Breads, Cured Meat, Rich Fish, Soft Cheese, White Meat
Descriptors	Floral, Fruity, Mineral
Wine Type	Red
Wood Presence	Oaked
Body	Medium
Grapes	20% Garnacha, 5% Graciano, 5% Mazuelo, 70% Tempranillo

The Producer

Lopez de Heredia

For 145 years, López de Heredia has stood as one of the most significant and highly sought-after producers in the Rioja region. They possess all 170 hectares of the vineyards they cultivate, with some vines dating back a century, and have maintained a tradition of working without chemical intervention for generations. The sustainability practices embraced by younger producers today have been integral to López de Heredia's production since its inception.

What sets these wines apart, contributing significantly to their widespread demand, is the extensive aging process before they are released. To provide context, the legal requirement for a Gran Reserva Rioja dictates a minimum aging period of two years in barrels and two years in bottles (a total of four years at least). López de Heredia, however, unveils their Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja after an impressive twenty years. Therefore, the 2001 vintage we present here represents their latest Gran Reserva release and the first since 1996. Enjoying these wines is a truly unique experience, as they encapsulate bottled history in every sip.