La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 2010

Rioja DOCa

/ 5 ( reviews)

97pts, Tim Atkin, 2019
Wine of the Year, Tim Atkin, 2019
96pts, The Wine Advocate, 2019

Founded over 125 years ago, La Rioja Alta is legendary, making the finest and most remarkable traditional Riojas that age for decades. Wine Advocate describes the 2010: "among the greatest modern time vintages of this mythical bottling". Magnificent.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Amazing layers of complexity, roasted herbs, ripe berries, freshness

Aroma

Lavender, herbs, blueberries, blackberries, spice

More information

Red - Full Bodied
Tempranillo-based blend
Spain
Tawny red

13.5% ABV
10.13 Units
750.00 ml
31 December, 2029

Rioja’s Gran Reserva 904 is in a league of its own. It’s from the team at La Rioja Alta, trailblazers of traditional Rioja since 1890. Everything here gets kid glove treatment, from the cherished vines in the estate’s own vineyards to the cutting edge winemaking equipment in the modern, purpose built cellars. However, many of the old ways are still the best and the estate continues to use its century old cooperage to make the cellar’s barrels. After hand picking and hand sorting, grapes are pressed, fermented and aged in seasoned oak for four years. The wine is racked into new barrels every six months to gently remove sediment, prior to bottling in early 2014. Only released in 2019, it will be superb over the next decade with roast lamb.

"This has to be one of the greatest wines from the vintage. A legend in the making" Luis Gutiérrez
Wine Advocate