Viña Bosconia Rioja Tempranillo Blend

A blend of 80% Tempranillo with 15% Garnacha, rest Graciano and Mazuelo, aged 5 years in American oak, deep Ruby with aromas of ripe jammy fruits, spice and tobacco notes, resulting from a warm dry growing season. On the palate flavors of ripe plum, blueberry and ripe cherry with spice, tobacco and cedar notes. Fine big rustic tannins, long finish, savory ending with tobacco and leather notes. Nice!

For many years my friends & I subsisted on a fairly steady diet of Lopez, occasionally dipping into other producers but always coming back to Lopez. As prices have slowly risen & our tastes have evolved our diet is more varied,but this bottle reminds me of why Lopez was true North for us. The Bosconia bottlings were I think always considered the lesser to Tondonia, & priced accordingly, but here 15 yrs of age really shines: all sorts of crushed red fruits, natural vanilla stalk, and tree bark. Such length & beautiful concentration,with fine tannins folded into that vanilla cushion of all those years in barrel. Less of the tomato concentration I find in Tondonias, to its benefit. Perhaps my only caveat-but it’s more like a differential-is a moderately more simple flavor profile, with less of the lingering & tertiary flavors I remember from Tondonias. Also, so full of energy & still fresh. God, how I love this wine. Drank during a Mets loss, which makes it even more impressive given the game didn’t sour my experience of it

Fresh oak and earthy red fruit. Nice right now of course.

Belle bouteille que ce Bosconia 2012. J'en prend une habitude de boire les Lopez de Heredia, Rosé, Blanc, Reserva, Gran Reserva tout y passe et tout est bon. Ce Bosconia ne fait pas exception, nez complexe d'épices, de cuir, bois, champignon. Bouche soyeuse, agréable aux tanins fondus.

Fantastic!

Ordinarily Lopez gets high marks. Rightly so. And while this had deep red and black fruit and cedar notes, the oak and tannin was just over the top.

Really enjoyed this with steak on a Tuesday. Initial nose was delightful. Then some age crept in. But then it gained verve and sustained that energy through the next hour. The next day it retained its fruit and strength of character.

Old enough that it’s tertiary flavors are starting to domaine its primary flavors. Cigar box, tobacco, nuttiness come through along with remainder of cherry and strawberry. Remains structured

Still pretty deep colour more garnet rim . Quite restrained and complex , medicinal and mineral on the nose , deep cinnamon and clove with strawberry . More spiced fruits on the palate , quite high tannin , and elegant refreshing acidity . Shows more age , elegance , length perhaps , though the parts are more resolved . Touch of liquorice on the finish . This is great now but will age also , 10 years or more . Tasted 01/09/2022

with a Flannery porterhouse—some nice fruit but a bit of pickle juice at the end. Will give remaining bottles a few years.