Rioja Gran Reserva 904 2011

La Rioja Alta

Rioja Gran Reserva 904
2011

$94.00

* Retail price including taxes and service fees if applicable
Service fees
$ 0.10
Product code
14330060
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$81.55
Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen calificada (DOCa)
Region
La Rioja
Classification
Gran reserva
Varietal(s)
Tempranillo 89 %
Graciano 11 %
Alcohol percentage
12,5%
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

La Rioja Alta S.A. was founded in 1890 in Haro, Rioja Alta. La Rioja Alta S.A. owns 4 wineries in Spain including the winery bearing its name. In addition to La Rioja Alta, S.A. the Group own Torre de Oña, a single estate winery located in the heart of Rioja Alavesa, Lagar de Cervera in Rías Baixas, and Áster in Ribera del Duero. The wineries owned by La Rioja Alta S.A. focus on the balance between tradition and modernization of their winemaking, vineyard management and facilities. The group...

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Production notes

Transported to the winery in refrigerated vehicles. After destemming and light crushing, grapes are put in tanks where they go alcoholic fermentation for 17 days. Batches are selected and allowed to complete malolactic fermentation naturally (75 days). The wine is transferred to 4 ½ year-old American oak barrels where it stayed until March 2015. During aging, the wine is racked 8 times using traditional barrel-to barrel methods.

Tasting notes

Intense, deep cherry-red. Complex aromas, dominated by fruit (blackberry jam, raspberries and orange zest) that reveals underlying spicy and balsamic notes of cigar box, cedar, liquorice, cloves, chocolate mints and toasted wood. Fresh and lively in the mouth, nicely balanced with polished, silky tannins and a gentle, delicate finish. Very long aftertaste, with citrus and balsamic notes that provide long, complex final sensations.

Press reviews

James Suckling

- 96 points -

December 2020 (Vintage 2011)

Gran Reserva 904 2011

Lovely dried red fruit, such as plums with just a hint of prunes. Cedar, walnut and leather undertones. Full-bodied with lots of fruit, considering its age, as well as hints of smoke, tobacco, bark and black tea. Some balsamic at the finish. Traditionally styled with lovely results. Drink or hold.

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 Wine and Spirits Magazine

- 94 points -

December 2020 (Vintage 2011)

Grand and elegant, in the stubbornly traditional mode of Rioja Alta classicism, this wine has enough air between the layers of plump fruit and oak spice to build generous complexity. Its herbal savor and piquillo-pepper notes keep it earthbound, while the wine’s stamina keeps driving the flavors forward. This has the gracious power to sustain it for seriously long aging.
Skurnik Wines & Spirits, NY

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