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The Society's Exhibition Rioja Reserva 2017
A Wine Champion in every sense this year, this bottling from La Rioja Alta scored top marks from every taster in the room, and was praised by Sebastian Payne MW as ‘stunning, absolutely fantastic’. A powerful, concentrated Rioja packed with dark fruits, toasty oak and a spicy finish.
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Code: SP17221
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Tempranillo
- 75cl
- Drinking now
- 14.5% Alcohol
- bouquet/flavour marked by oak
- Cork, natural
- 100ml of this wine contains 77 kcal
- The bottle contains 10.9 units of alcohol
- A 125ml glass of this wine contains 96 kcal and 1.8 units of alcohol
The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend adults do not regularly drink more than 14 units per week. For information and support on responsible drinking please see www.drinkaware.co.uk. For more information about how calories in wine are measured, click here.
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 ...
decanter.com
Silver medal, 91/100. Classic oaky, toasty, vanilla and coconut nose. The palate brings polished tannins, strawberry fruit, some spice and lots of American oak.
The Times
Read moreThe Society’s Exhibition wines are its finest own-label range and wonderful value for money. Indeed, Exhibition’s sensational spicy, sandalwood, sweet tobacco and scented leather hug of a classically...
The Times
Read moreThe Society’s Exhibition wines are its finest own-label range and wonderful value for money. Indeed, Exhibition’s sensational spicy, sandalwood, sweet tobacco and scented leather hug of a classically...
The Times
… gorgeous, spicy sandalwood and scented leather hug … similar La Rioja Alta reservas cost a tenner more.
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
… a more oaky treat ...