2008 - Viña Ardanza Reserva La Rioja Alta
11A8VARRM _ 2008 - Viña Ardanza Reserva La Rioja Alta - 6x150cl
Colour
Red
Producer
La Rioja Alta
Region
Rioja
Grape
Tempranillo
Drinking
2017 - 2024
Case size
6x150cl
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2008 VIÑA ARDANZA RESERVA LA RIOJA ALTA - 6x150cl

Colour
Red
Producer
La Rioja Alta
Region
Rioja
Grape
Tempranillo
Drinking
2017 - 2024
Case size
6x150cl
Available Now
Duty Paid (Inc. VAT)
Case price £320.14 (Inc. VAT)
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Tasting Notes

  • GDH

    Goedhuis, July 2017

    A splash of 20% juicy Garnacha is in this blend along with the king of Rioja’s grapes, Tempranillo. Expert winemaking from the team at La Rioja Alta has crafted this wine, guiding it through extensive barrel ageing. The nose shows such an appealing array of soft red fruits, vanilla, and leather. A savoury palate contains powdery fine tannins and fresh acidity, with medium weight and perfectly pitched alcohol richness (13.5%). It evolves from the moment you pour it, and is a compelling accompaniment to food.

  • RP

    Robert Parker, August 2016,
    Score: 93/100

    Vintages for Viña Ardanza seem to be going fast. It seems like yesterday that the 2001 was released and now the 2008 Viña Ardanza is already here. This is the first vintage when they have been able to use the fruit from their new Garnacha vineyards in the village of Tudelilla (Rioja Baja), La Pedriza, which represents 20% of the blend complementing the majority of Tempranillo. The wine was put in barrel in March 2009, separately; the Tempranillo was in four-year-old barrels for 36 months with six rackings, and the Garnacha in second and third use barrels for 30 months with five rackings. Vintages might go fast, but the wine does not feel too young, which was my fear. There are notes of stewed meat, cured leather, cloves, other spices and an overall balsamic character. The palate feels solid, consistent, nicely built, with abundant tannins and good balancing acidity. This should stand up to food and be able to develop in bottle. 93/100. Drink 2017 - 2023

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Producer

La Rioja Alta

The estate has recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, and continues its great tradition of top class, beautifully crafted Rioja. The house style is traditional, but with enormous attention to detail; their Gran Reserva 890 and 904 are exquisite examples of superb winemaking. Each new release is readily snapped up.

Region

Rioja

By the far the best known of Spain's wine regions is Rioja, which takes its name from the rio(river) Oja, a tributary of the river Ebro. Lying in the north of the country, along the Ebro valley, the area is sheltered from rain-bearing Atlantic winds by the dramatic Sierra de Cantabria to the north and west. The hilly vineyards are interspersed with orchards, poplars and eucalyptus trees. Rioja is further divided into three sub-regions - Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Baja. The first two are best regarded, with vines planted on cool slopes with clay and limestone soils. The permitted grape varieties for Rioja are tempranillo, which is grown extensively in Rioja Alta and Alavesa and will form the backbone of all the best wines, garnacha, widespread in Rioja Baja and used to add body to the blend, and mazuelo (carignan) and graciano, both grown in miniscule proportions. The key to understanding Rioja is the technique used to mature the wine. Unlike most other areas of Europe, American oak barrels are used which give the wines their characteristic soft vanilla, almost coconuty flavour. Historically the wines were aged for periods far longer than legally required, until all the fruit character had died down and the end result was a light, tawny-coloured wine dominated by oak flavours. Although there are still supporters of this classic style, far more producers are making wines in a more modern way, allowing the dark berry fruit flavours to burst through balanced by a more judicious use of oak ageing and often opting for French oak now.