Macán Rioja Tempranillo

This tasty 5 year old Tempranillo from Vega Sicilia & Rothschild, is still young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly.

Showing red and black fruits with earth, wood, spices, peppercorn, chocolates, tobacco, graphite and dark coffee.

Complex and interesting. Rich and fruit forward. A modern take on Rioja.

Better than their Classico version, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

100% Tempranillo grapes from 40 year old vines.

14% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$120.

Produced by Vega Sicilia and Bodegas Benjamin De Rothschild, aged in mostly French oak (new and 1 year old) for about 12 months, deep Ruby with aromas of fresh fruits and spice. On the palate flavors of fresh youthful berry fruit, cherry, licorice, vanilla and well integrated cedar. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit character, cacao and cedar character , very nice!

Produced by Vega Sicilia and Bodegas Benjamin De Rothschild, aged in mostly French oak (new and 1 year old) for about 12 months, deep Ruby with aromas of fresh fruits and spice. On the palate flavors of fresh youthful berry fruit, cherry, licorice, vanilla and well integrated cedar. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit character, cacao and cedar character , very nice!

Deep ruby-red. Highly expressive, smoke-accented black raspberry, cherry pie, incense and cola aromas show outstanding clarity and spicy lift. Expansive, palate-staining red fruit preserve and cherry-vanilla flavors are complemented by candied rose, mocha and succulent herb flourishes. The floral note carries emphatically through a strikingly long, energetic finish that's given shape by suave, polished tannins. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, April 2021)

Floral driven on the nose with intense notes of violets and wild lavender along with ripe cherries, raspberries, blackberries, leather, and sweet spices. A mid to full bodied red with a nice well rounded silky texture, delicious red and dark fruit flavors with a balsamic midpalate followed by licorice that leads to a cool mineral infused finish with creamy tannins.

Just terrific. Perfect balance of richness and finesse. Loved this wine.

Alejandro had this 11 years ago

A big story with big names behind this wine. Macan is the result of a new partnership between Vega Sicilia and Benjamin de Rothschild born out of a meeting between Pablo Alvarez and Benjamin de Rothschild in 2003. The winery is being built in Rioja, the first move if Vega into the region and the winery is designed to be a monument ;-) The result is un unapproachable wine based on Tempranillo, that needs still a few year to age. My score 86 (better with time?), drink from 2019-2027

Superbe, en 2009, de la structure, un velour

Not a typical #rioja #macan #vegasiciliawines Dark deep color black currant nose and profound and dry espresso beans and leather and sandalwood palate. Very enjoyable now and has a brilliant future ahead if you're able to wait that long.