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La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 2015
Rioja DOCa
Founded 125+ years ago, La Rioja Alta is legendary, making the finest and most remarkable traditional Riojas that age for decades. Awarded 98 Points by James Suckling, this 2015 is amazingly complex, with layers of fruit, cedar, spice and tobacco.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Silky with firm tannins, layers of dark fruit, tobacco, cedar, spices
Aroma
Dried fruit, plum, prune, cedar, walnut, sweet spice and smoky leather
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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Red - Medium Bodied
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Tawny ruby
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14.5% ABV
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10.88 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2045
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 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 2019. Only released in 2023 so tannins have time to soften, it'll be superb any time over the next 20 years.
Critic, 98 points
