"Remírez de Ganuza remains one of the most reliable sources for modern, ripe, concentrated, powerful and generously oaked Riojas around ... If that's the style you're looking for, look no further..." - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Based in La Rioja Alavesa, Bodegas Remirez de Ganuza has been at the forefront of innovation in Rioja since its founding in 1989. From over 200 individual plots of vineyards at the foot of the Sierra Cantabria mountains, they produce impeccably crafted, modern Riojas with style and flair, using painstaking techniques. One of those is the demanding process of intra-cluster selection. It's not quite berry by berry, as in Sauternes, but it's not just merely selecting the best bunches either. To make their top-tier Reserva and Gran Reserva, the team hand-separates the "shoulder" of the cluster from the tip, to include only the grapes with the absolutely ideal phenolic ripeness. The result in 2016 is a 94-point standout with dense dark fruits and exquisitely polished barrel character that is only just starting to reveal its true potential. For fans of full-throttle Rioja opulence, this is one to stash away in the cellar and reap the rewards for many, many years down the road.
Intense cherry red color and purplish along the edge. Lively and clean with creamy, tinted tears. Fine, intense nose, aromas of pomegranate, creamy oak, rounded and well integrated into red fruit. Reveals cigar box notes. Palate: Full body with silky tannins, long length.
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