Refined & complex with 7 awards
Balanced in the mouth, where the silky, well defined tannins combine with exquisite flavours to reveal a pleasant fullness
Fantastic with beef tenderloins, venison stew or sausages
Marqués De Cáceres Rioja Reserva 2015 (Spain)
Marqués De Cáceres Rioja Reserva 2015 (Spain)
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
Mundus Vini 2020
Awarded 95/100 Points
Guía Proensa Guide 2020
Awarded 95/100 Points
Guía Gourmets Guide 2020
Awarded 95/100 Points
Sommelier Challenge Wine & Spirits Competition 2020
Awarded 93/100 Points
Tim Atkin, Rioja Special Report, 2020
Awarded 92/100 Points
James Suckling 2020
Awarded 92/100 Points
El País Guide 2020
Description
- French oak
- Cherry
- Vanilla
- Silky tannins
Dark and dense ruby colour. Refined and complex aroma with a touch of cherry, vanilla and soft toasted notes. Balanced in the mouth, where the silky and well defined tannins are combined with exquisite flavours to reveal a pleasant fullness. This Reserva firmly follows in the steps of the 2012 vintage, which was awarded several prestigious prizes.
A red blend of 90% Tempranillo and 10% other varieties from a selection of old vineyards originating from Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa. Low yields, smaller than 5,000 kg/ha.
2015 has been, up to now, the second earliest harvest in the history of the Denominación de Origen, and this comes across in the wines and the hints they produce. Autumn and winter were very rainy, which left plenty of water reserves underground. In May warm temperatures and winds arrived, which really sped up the vines’ phenology. Summer was extremely hot and stormy. All of this, together with the wintry water reserve in the vineyards, made this a very quick cycle, advancing the area’s average dates by more than 15 days. Complete maturing throughout the year of high temperatures. Excellent notes of fruit and a great capacity to age these wines of selected plots.
Harvested by hand, meticulously deciding the optimal harvesting moment for each plot and each variety. Bunches are de-stemmed of their stalks with the greatest care. Temperaturecontrolled alcoholic fermentation. Prolonged maceration with the skins with the aim of extracting more colour, aromas and tannic structure. Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels and a stainless-steel tanks. Once the malolactic fermentation is finalised, all of the wines move to fine grain French oak barrels. Subsequent racking every 6 months. Wine spends a total time of 20 months in French oak barrels, divided equally between new barrels and oneand two-year old barrels. Ages for a minimum of 2 years in the bottle before launch.
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