REGION | Spain, Rioja |
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VARIETAL | Tempranillo |
TYPE | Red Wine |
SIZE | 750ml |
ABV | 14.5% |
List price: | $49.99 |
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Sale price: | $38.29 |
You save: | $11.70 (23%) |
Notes | |||
"Intense garnet red color, with a clear rim. Outstanding aromatic intensity on the nose, with spicy and balsamic liquorice, clove, nutmeg and black pepper notes, enveloping a subtle hint of ripe red fruit: brandied cherry and raspberry jam. The palate is well-balanced, fresh, with a broad range of flavours and soft, round tannins, leading to a spicy, balsam-like aftertaste on the finish. A Viña Ardanza in its prime and with a long life ahead of it." —winemaker |
Critical Acclaim | |||
"Savory and complex with dried orange peel, cedar and plenty of sweet spices, walnuts, caramel, dried mushrooms and pine needles. Shows maturity here, with a medium body and superb freshness. Incredibly long finish with lots of truffle and walnut. Lasts over a minute. Very complete now, but you can still hold it." —James Suckling "The 2016 Viña Ardanza Reserva was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha that matured in used American oak barrels for three years, where it was hand-racked from barrel to barrel six times in the case of Tempranillo and five times for the Garnacha, as it had a slightly shorter élevage of 30 months. Against all odds, I found the 2016 to be fresher than the 2015 and less developed, despite the fact that winemaker Julio Sáenz told me he considers it a warmer year. But I have found many wines I like in 2016, and the wine feels very clean and quite harmonious, younger and less developed, with more primary notes and a velvety mouthfeel. 600,000 bottles produced. The wine was bottled in June 2020." —Wine Advocate |
Attributes | Meat | Cheese | Other |
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Tempranillo | chicken in tomatoes, lamb stew, veal scaloppini, quail or squab | Asiago, Cheddar, Havarti, or Manchego | tomato sauces, Spanish dishes, or tapas |