Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia |
Label Name: | Rioja Tondonia Gran Reserva Red |
Vintage: | 2001 |
Country: | Spain |
Region: | Rioja Alta, Rioja |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 13% |
Grape(s): | Tempranillo, Garnacha (Garnacho), Graciano, Mazuelo |
Acidity: | 4 |
Tannins: | 3 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 4 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Wine Advocate 98 (Luis Gutiérrez, Oct 2020); James Suckling 97; earlier Penín scores (circa 2004) ~94; bottled after egg-white fining (July 2012)
Tasting Note
Complex tertiary-driven Rioja: bramble and ripe plum, sweet spice, leather, cedar and cigar ash, balsamic herbs, fine chalky tannins and saline minerality leading to a long, savory finish.
Food Pairing
Western: roast lamb, grilled or roast beef, game, mushrooms, aged Manchego and cured ham. Asian: soy-braised beef, Peking duck, Korean BBQ, mushroom hotpot or stir-fries with umami, char siu.
Production Method
Fermented in large, old oak vats with indigenous yeasts; matured long in used American oak barrels (~10 years); fined with egg whites and given extended bottle ageing.
Vineyard Info
R. López de Heredia (family-run historic estate in Haro). Viña Tondonia vineyard planted c.1913–14; renowned for traditional, low-intervention viticulture and very long cellar ageing.