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The Society's Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017
Red Wine from Spain - Rioja
A smooth and exotic Exhibition-label bottling from La Rioja Alta. The 2017 is more powerful and concentrated than previous vintages yet retains the spicy, oaky quality of this traditional-style Rioja made from long ageing in American oak barrels.
Price:
£16.00
Bottle
Price:
£192.00
Case of 12
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Code: SP17221
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Tempranillo
- 75cl
- Now to 2025
- 14.5% Alcohol
- bouquet/flavour marked by oak
- Cork, natural
La Rioja Alta
Headquartered alongside Bodegas Muga in the Barrio del Estación, the old railway quarter of Haro – a popular location for wine exporters during the phylloxera crisis in France - La Rioja Alta is one of the most resolutely traditional of the region’s bodegas. It was founded in 1890 by a consortium of five families, including the Aranas, Ardanzas and the Alberdis (names now immortalised as Reservas. See below), and now commands an impressive vineyard portfolio of over 700 ha, comprising 470ha in the Rioja Alta, 65ha in the Alavesa, where Barón de Oña is produced, 63ha in the Baja, 74ha in the Galician denominación of Rías Baixas and 95ha in DO Ribera del Duero.
As the company expanded, it outgrew its premises in Haro, which now house corporate offices, a visitor centre and shop and a wine storage facility. The main business of La Rioja Alta takes place these days at its purpose-built winery in Labastida, a mile down the road, a strikingly handsome stone building completed in 1996. The fermentation tanks are set under the wooden floor of a stunning, light-flooded hall, the sparkling steel lids visible, and beneath them is a huge barrel-ageing cellar. It’s reckoned that La Rioja Alta have, at any given time, some 45,000 barrels on the go, and carry around eight years’ worth of stock. Sensibly, the company does its own coopering in-house. Oak is imported from Ohio and Pennsylvania, but there is little reverse traffic, the company’s second biggest export market after the UK being ...
Daily Mail
Read moreMy brother-in-law Charlie is a massive Rioja fan and when he found out that this wine was made by the elite estate La Rioja Alta he asked me to save him a sip! Charlie’s smile is worth more than a couple ...
matchingfoodandwine.com
Read moreYou might say with some justification that you can’t get a rioja for less than the £16 it costs but this is a particularly good buy, made for the Society by La Rioja Alta which normally charges a good bit ...
Wiltshire Life
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