LA RIOJA ALTA GRAN RESERVA 890 2001

Item:	92155
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2001 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2016-09-15
Producer:	La Rioja Alta. S.A.
Location:	Spain - Rioja
Price:	$199.75 Price History
Style:	Red Wine
Alcohol:	12.5%
Varietal:	Tempranillo Blend
Sugar Code:	XD (5.0 g/L)
Rating:	95
Cellar:	2008

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2001 is a great vintage for all the wines from La Rioja Alta but the long-awaited 2001 Gran Reserva 890 is otherworldly. 2001 was a slow maturing vintage which produced smaller grapes especially in the old vineyards on the slopes of the Sierra Cantabria in the villages of Brinas, Labastida and Villalba where the vineyards that make it into this wine are located. The final blend contains a majority of Tempranillo with 3% Graciano and 2% Mazuelo. The wine ferments with the natural yeasts attached to the grapes in stainless steel vats and is aged for six years in used American oak barrels with 12 manual rackings. A selection of the best barrels were blended together and bottled unfiltered in March 2008. Only 15,000 bottles were produced. It shows (even) younger and more concentrated than the 2004 904, a darker shade of red and a somehow backward and reticent nose (relatively speaking) of forest floor, cold bonfire, antique shop, truffles, game, sandalwood, nutmeg and clove. The fruit

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