Viña Ardanza Reserva 1990

TASTING NOTES:

• View: A view has ruby-ocher-coppery red middle layer.
• Nose: The nose has great intensity from the beginning; some red fruit liqueur, above all, the remaining fruit is already ripe black fruit, licorice, spices, balsamic-menthol, vanilla, coconut, wilted flowers, laurel.
• Mouth: The palate has an entrance excellent attack and structure, balanced, yet strong and powerful, medium density, good weight in its subtlety, very fresh and tasty, with pretty tannins still and above all, lots of acidity.

APPELLATION: Rioja (La Rioja, Spain).

VINEYARD: Bodega La Rioja Alta S.A.

GRAPES: Tempranillo 80%, 20% Grenache.

AGEING: Aged for 42 months in American oak barrels (barrels passed in September 1991 and March 1995 received 7 handcrafted decanting).

PREPARATION: The grapes from the winery, usually wetter than the rest of La Rioja, benefited from the drought. Tempranillo Viña Ardanza comes from in Fuenmayor and future payments of this county and neighboring ashtray. Grenache comes from the Rioja Baja. After alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation makes our ancestral tubs, oak.

WINE PAIRING: This wine with all kinds of meat dishes like stews of meat, hair and feather hunting and roasted and grilled red meats.

ALCOHOL: 13%