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Bottle of La Rioja Alta, Rioja Gran Reserva Seleccion Especial 904, 2015-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva Seleccion Especial 904 2015

Red Wine from Rioja, Spain
by La Rioja Alta
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90 % Tempranillo & 10% Graciano aged 4.5 Years used American Oak

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La Rioja Alta is one of the grand old bodegas of Rioja, based, as the name suggests, in the Rioja Alta subregion. Founded in 1890, it is located in the Barrio de la Estación area of Rioja Alta’s capital, Haro. There it clusters alongside other Rioja luminaries such as ultra-classical López de Heredia immediately opposite, Muga right next door, blending classical and modern styles, and the modernists of Roda a minute or two up the road. La Rioja Alta has long been a standard bearer of the classical style.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 95
"Vivid ruby. Expansive red and blue fruit preserve, tobacco, potpourri, spice and botanical herb aromas, with vanilla and smoky mineral notes emerging as the wine opens up. Sappy, penetrating and gently chewy on the palate, offering vibrant, mineral- and spice-accented black raspberry, bitter cherry and rose pastille flavors that deepen and turn sweeter on the back half. Shows sharp focus and floral lift on the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves behind notes of candied blue fruits and spicecake." -Vinous

Robert Parker

RP 95
"They used the words subtlety, elegance, finesse, delicacy and silk to define the 2015 Gran Reserva 904 Selección Especial, a blend of 90% Tempranillo from their vineyards in Villalba, Briñas and Rodezno with 10% Graciano from the Montecillo vineyard in Fuenmayor that was picked 23 days later than the Tempranillo. The grapes were sorted optically for the first time, and they fermented in stainless steel where the wine went through malolactic too. The wine was put in barrel in January 2016—used American oak barrels built by their own coopers—where it matured for four years, during which time it was racked every six months. 2015 was a healthy vintage with balanced ripeness that delivered wines with good aging potential. They thought the wine needed a little more time in bottle to polish those tannins and have decided to hold it and release the wine around March 2023; it will be marked Selección Especial, the first 904 to do so, as they have very high hopes for this year and believe it's one of the finest vintages. They think it will develop the sophistication in the palate with a little more time and that is should achieve the silkiness that is the signature of 904. This is very 2015; I saw quite strong tannins in all the 2015 wines I tasted from Rioja Alta." -Robert Parker

What importer Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine...

90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano
The first vintage to be optically sorted berry by berry, therefore also the first vintage to be labeled as “Seleción Especial”
Alcoholic fermentation in tank for 21 days
Racked to house-coopered American oak barrels (average age 4.5 years) in January of 2016
Aged for four years in barrel with manual rackings every six months
Bottled in February 2020

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Red Blend , Tempranillo

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Fruity , Rich , Spicy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied