Viña Ardanza Reserva Selección Especial Tempranillo Blend

Lovely bunch of coconuts. Oak glazed in balsamic. Agreeable.

Fantastic - had this while studying for the WSET III course. It has beautiful coconut, vanilla, raspberries, clove, leather… like breathing in the inside of a tall handsome cigar-smoking mysterious man’s warm jacket… wait, that won’t help me pass on the written part of the test! 🤣❤️

Beautiful Rioja. Layers of red fruit and nice acidity. Super mellow tannins at this age. Doesn’t need much to open up.

Ruby in color with a wide cloudy, reddish rim.

Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red and black fruits with oak, licorice, eucalyptus, herbs, mediterranean spices, coffee, earth and black pepper.

Nice tangy finish with soft tannins and tangy cranberries.

This is a very tasty 8-year-old Rioja Reserva. Elegant and soft.

Showing nice complexity at this point, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and a good food wine.

I had the 2009 a few years ago, and loved it. This one just needs more time in the bottle to mature properly.

A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. Aged for 3 years in used American oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$40.

Vintage 2012 |

One, if not the best vintage of Viña Ardanza that I’ve ever tasted.

Really vibrant, teaming with fresh dill, vanilla bean, coconut. American oak really shines on this. Red fruits, baked plums show on the background

Part 2, actually. Clearly I lost count. Not as powerful as the 2007 Ardanza but is super fresh. So many years to go too

Consistent notes. 2010 really comes into its own after an hour.

Red cherries, spices, smoke and vanilla on the nose. Cherries, dried spices and pepper on the palate, with smoke, wood and earth. Nice rounded acidity, m- tannins. Quite elegant and round.