Viña Almadura · Rioja Alta
Gran Reserva Viñas Viejas
2014
Dried cherry, sandalwood, dill and sweet tobacco — the classical Rioja register, polished by long élevage to a satin gleam.
€260
◆ 95 pts — Guía de Vinos Ibéricos
The Story
A bottle with a past
Almadura releases its Gran Reserva only when the cellar master judges it ready — never sooner than a decade after harvest. The 2014 spent four years in American oak and six more sleeping in bottle beneath the bodega.
“In Rioja, the cellar finishes what the vineyard begins. Ours simply takes its time.”
The winemaker, Viña Almadura
Aroma Profile
What rises from the glass
Dried cherry8/10
Sandalwood7/10
Dill6/10
Sweet tobacco6/10
Vanilla pod5/10
At the Table
- — Milk-fed lamb chops
- — Jamón ibérico
- — Manchego curado
Vintage & Cellar
A classic, moderate year that favoured patience over power.
Ready now; will hold gracefully for twenty years.
- Grape
- Tempranillo
- Region
- Rioja Alta
- Country
- Spain
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Production
- 15,000 bottles
- Drinking window
- 2024 – 2044
- Serving
- 16–17°C
- Collector grade
- Grand Cru
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