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La Rioja Alta


La Rioja Alta was established in 1890 at the same spot where their head office sits today. Their three Reserva brands, Alberdi, Arana and Ardanza are the names of the founding families, all three of which remain shareholders in this 21st century. The company still maintains traditional Rioja winemaking practices whilst embracing many of the new technological advances.

It is unusual for a great bodega of Rioja to own vineyards, but La Rioja Alta own 300ha from which they can source top- quality grapes, resulting in excellent fruit and richness throughout their wines. The company is renowned for the quality of its Reservas and in particular for its Gran Reservas, the 904 and the 890. The latter are produced only in exceptional years, are amongst the finest wines being produced in Rioja today

La Rioja Alta
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2000
Red, drink-or-keep
Viña Alberdi, Reserva La Rioja Alta
Spain  »  Rioja
75cl £ 11.95
$ 23.86
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Medium Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 12.5% alc.

"The 2000 Reserva Vina Alberdi is a blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Mazuela (Carignan). Medium ruby in color, it exhibits a nicely developed and expressive nose of cedar, spice, and red currants. Light to medium-bodied, seamless, elegant, and ripe, drink this wine now and over the next 3-4 years."
(Wine Advocate - Feb 2007)
2000
Red, drink-or-keep
Viña Ardanza, Reserva
Spain  »  Rioja
75cl £ 17.95
$ 35.84
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 13% alc.

Adranza offers an excellent example of the classic Rioja style. A blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha (20 - 25%). Aged for 36 months in cask and 24 months in bottle. This 2000 vintage has favoured the development of plentiful ripe fruitiness, endowing the wine with lifted, complex array of aromas, evocative of orange essence, dried berry fruit, sweet spices, with a touch of balsamic vinegar, roasted meat, and a whiff of oak too. The palate is equally broad, round and perfectly integrating the creamy oak, the meaty characters and the polished tannins. Superb with roast beef, game or stuffed veal breast.
1995
Red, drink-or-keep
Gran Reserva 904, La Rioja Alta
Spain  »  Rioja
75cl £ 28.95
$ 57.80
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 12.5% alc.

In a head-to -head of those two great Rioja vintages, 1995 is now showing even more promise than the 1994, although both are superb. Top grapes ( 90% Tempranillo and 10% Mazuelo) are matured for five years in American oak and then rested in bottle for another two years before release. An absolute gem.
Parker Score: 90 /100.
2000
Red, drink-or-keep
Viña Ardanza, Reserva
Spain  »  Rioja
150cl £ 40.00
$ 79.87
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 13% alc.

Adranza offers an excellent example of the classic Rioja style. A blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha (20 - 25%). Aged for 36 months in cask and 24 months in bottle. This 2000 vintage has favoured the development of plentiful ripe fruitiness, endowing the wine with lifted, complex array of aromas, evocative of orange essence, dried berry fruit, sweet spices, with a touch of balsamic vinegar, roasted meat, and a whiff of oak too. The palate is equally broad, round and perfectly integrating the creamy oak, the meaty characters and the polished tannins. Superb with roast beef, game or stuffed veal breast.
1995
Red, drink-or-keep
Gran Reserva 890, La Rioja Alta
Spain  »  Rioja
75cl £ 80.00
$ 159.74
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 12.5% alc.


1994
Red, drink-or-keep
Gran Reserva 890, La Rioja Alta
Spain  »  Rioja
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 75cl £ 85.00
$ 169.72
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 12.5% alc.

One of Rioja's reference point for classically styled Gran Reservas, 1994 La Rioja Alta 890 shows mature complexity and fabulous finesse. A seductive nose of dried plums, tobacco, blackberries, and licorice emerges from this light garnet-coloured wine. On the palate, multi-layered, ripe flavours of black cherries, cedar, fungi, and dried spices are framed by a silky texture. This is a terrific wine that has obviously been made from a blend of fabulous raw materials, and given the 5-star quality of the 1994 vintage it will continue to drink beautifully for another 5-7 years
BBR Score: 18/20.
Parker Score: 92 /100.
1981
Red, drink-or-keep
Gran Reserva 890, La Rioja Alta
Spain  »  Rioja
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 75cl £ 120.00
$ 239.60
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Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Tempranillo/Tinto Fino, Ready, but will keep, 12.5% alc.

"This winery's top of the line offerings are the Gran Reservas. The 1981 Gran Reserva 890 boasts a knock-out nose of smoke, charcoal, vanillin, black fruits, and cigar smoke. The wine's terrific fruit seemingly belies the relatively advanced medium ruby color with significant amber at the edge. There is tannin in the background, but the wine is broad and expansive, with considerable sweet fruit, glycerin, and length. 1981 was considered one of the great vintages for Rioja, and this wine is at its peak of maturity, although it will last for another 15-20 years."
92/100 (Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Oct 1997)
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