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Lopez de Heredia 1987 Rioja Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco
From a fairly warm and dry year, this wine was aged for nine and a half years in barrels with racking happening twice a year. The wine was then aged a further few years in the bottle. Harvest was on October 13th. Alcohol is 12% abv. The wine shows notes of nut-skin, beeswax, quince, and citrus skin with crystalline acidity. A stellar Gran Reserva once again. cb
López de Heredia 2004 Rioja Tondonia Reserva 1.5 L
This is serious Rioja: no new oak, extended pre-release bottle aging, and exquisite vineyard sites (for the Tondonia, vines dig deep through fine-grained alluvial soils overlooking the Ebro River that were first planted almost 140 years ago). Don Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta founded Lopez de Heredia in 1877, and the wines continue to serve as a benchmark for the region (the family business is now led mainly by his grandson Pedro, and great-granddaughter Maria Jose). The bodega comprises four distinct vineyard areas and extends to a total of 170 hectares, with Tondonia being the largest and most famous of the holdings. Jancis Robinson considers 2004 "a very good year, with wines that should last well," and the Tondonia Reserva is certainly that: powerful, lean, and layered with gorgeous, generous fruit and all the cigar box, cedar, and leather notes a lover of classic Rioja could wish for.