2005 Prado Enea, Gran Reserva, Bodegas Muga, Rioja, Spain

As with 2001 and 2004 before it, the 2005 vintage has been marked out as something special in Rioja. This Prado Enea is brimming with ripe red and black fruit, strawberries, redcurrants, bramble and damsons; however there is also a whisper of pipe tobacco, earth and leather to keep things interesting. The palate is very dense as one would expect of a great wine in its youth, however the potential is there for all to see in the well-built tannins and the lengthy finish
Simon Field MW -  Wine Buyer

Bodegas Muga was founded in Haro in 1932 and is still in family ownership, farming an impressive 250 hectares in La Rioja Alta. The winery is located in Haro’s golden triangle of bodegas, its immediate neighbours being La Rioja Alta and López de Heredia. The extended Muga family controls all aspects of the production and advocates the complexity afforded by the entire canon of grapes: Tempranillo, of course, but also Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano for the reds, in addition to Viura and Malvasia for the whites. The key to everything is wood, from the magnificent 18th century wooden bodega to the impressive collection of 14,000 barrels used for the maturation. Organic viticulture is also fundamental here and the resulting wines are pure, linear of structure and memorable.