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Bodegas Franco-Espanolas Rioja Bordon Cosecha Especial 1970

$13999
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Bordón is the wine that made Franco-Españolas famous, and this is a special-harvest bottling of it from 1970, a very good Rioja vintage now more than five decades in the bottle. The house itself is a piece of Rioja history: founded in Logroño in 1890 by Frédéric Anglade Saurat of the Bordeaux firm Anglade together with Spanish partners, at the moment when phylloxera had wrecked French vineyards and sent French winemakers south across the Pyrenees looking for grapes and a place to work. That Bordeaux inheritance shaped a classical, long-aged style, and the bodega's cellars sit right on the bank of the Ebro in the middle of the city, cool and stable enough to have made bottles like this possible. Traditional Rioja ages this way for structural reasons — years in American oak, Tempranillo's high acidity, and constant cellar temperature — rather than by luck. This came out of a private collection, so treat it accordingly: upright for a day or two, then a careful decant off the sediment, and drink it over dinner rather than saving half the bottle.

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  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

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  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Red Blend , Tempranillo

  • Vintage

    1970

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Earthy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Slow-braised lamb shank, roast partridge or other game birds, wild mushrooms with garlic, and aged sheep's-milk cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Dried cherry, prune, leather, cigar box and sweet American-oak vanilla. Light to medium body, no remaining tannic grip, bright acidity holding the structure, and a long, earthy, savory finish.

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