2015 La Horra Corimbo (750ml)

Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain

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La Horra is a project in Ribera del Duero by iconic Rioja producer Roda, producing two wines including the exceptional 2015 La Horra Corimbo. Four years spent researching the area led Roda to a partnership with long time Ribera growers and winemakers, the Balbas family. With a family history in Ribera of nearly 250 years, Bodegas Balbas is known for owning some of the most coveted vineyards around the province of Burgos.

Corimbo is made with the Tinta del País variety of Tempranillo from 25-year-old bush vines, farmed organically and with no irrigation. Roda's minimal intervention winemaking approach for its Ribera wines includes optimal ripening, shorter macerations and a restrained use of oak. The resulting 2015 Corimbo is easy drinking yet crafted to age, balancing generous red fruit with acidity – a polished Ribera del Duero of great finesse.

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An entrancing nose of fresh violets, licorice, peppercorn, oyster shell, cloves, citrus and lavender. A very sleek palate follows with edgy, grainy tannins and so much zesty acidity and drive. Drink in 2021.

94 points, James Suckling (Jul 2019)

Produced with Tempranillo grapes from organically farmed, non-irrigated vines, the 2015 Corimbo, their second wine from Ribera del Duero, fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in oak barrels, 80% French oak and the rest American, for 14 months. It's a dark, ripe, modern and concentrated Tempranillo that is easy to identify as Ribera del Duero, with notes of black fruit and sweet spices, something balsamic, faintly medicinal and with diesel-like minerality, and a medium to full-bodied palate with ripe flavors that reflect the character of the year. It has round and polished tannins and moderate acidity. 117,250 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2017.

92 points, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate (Issue # 246 - Dec 2019)

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