R. Lopez de Heredia - Vina Bosconia Reserva 2013
Price: $44.95
| Producer | R. Lopez de Heredia |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Sku | 11896 |
R. Lopez de Heredia Description
Tempranillo (80%), Garnacha (15%), Mazuelo, and Graciano, all from the family's vineyards. It ages five years in barrel, getting racked twice a year, and then ages some more in bottle before release.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
The 2013 Viña Bosconia Reserva even in a cooler and rainier year, like 2013, has a rounder body and still 13.5% alcohol. They also insisted that "remember that we can use 15% of wine from another vintage, and perhaps we topped this one up with wine from 2015. We want consistency year after year." This matured in barrels for five years and was bottled unfiltered but fined with egg whites. It's expressive, elegant and subtle, clean and complex, with polished tannins and very good acidity (pH 3.3 and 6.7 grams of tartaric acid per liter of wine). 70,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2021.
