Viña Real Reserva 2017
Descripción
En el año 1920 se lanzaron al mercado los primeros vinos de Viña Real, en los que se combinaba la personalidad, el carácter y la elegancia de la Rioja Alavesa. Este Reserva es una excelente muestra de la complejidad, el equilibrio y la redondez de todo un clásico de la denominación.
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Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
A juicy red with lots of blackberry, chocolate and light oak aromas and flavors. Mushroom and cedar, too. It’s full-bodied, layered and very rich with a flavorful, savory finish. Delicious now, but this will be better in 2021.
The 2017 Viña Real Reserva displays more advanced characteristics than the 2018 I tasted next to it. It has notes of forest floor intermixed with hints of fruit, berries in liqueur and some spices. 2017 was a very challenging year, and the wine is evolving at a faster pace. It's 13.9% alcohol and has a pH of 3.54, coming through as polished and ready to drink now. It's mostly Tempranillo with 10% other grapes—Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo. It matured in barrel for 18 months. 174,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020.
Always made with fruit from the Rioja Alavesa sub-region, this Reserva is a blend of Tempranillo and 10% Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo from Laguardia and Elciego. Youthful and well structured, with black olive and blackberry flavours and excellent underlying concentration. 2023-29.
Excelente desde el primer sorbo. Cuerpo, sabor y aroma maravillosos.