Viña Tondonia Blanco Rioja Reserva Rioja DOCa

Strahlend wie poliertes Gold funkelt die 2013er Reserva. Er entfacht ein ganzes Feuerwerk an komplexen, von feiner Mineralität unterstrichenen Duftnoten: Äpfel und Steinfrüchte, karamellisierte Butter, Kokosnuss, Bienenwachs, Kamille, Zitronenzesten, ein Hauch kandierter Ingwer. Am Gaumen entsteht ein reichhaltiges Aroma, das an Birnen, Orangenkonfitüre, einen Hauch von Vanille, geröstete Nüsse und Kaminrauch erinnert. Der Wein lebt vom Gegensatz von opulenter Schwere und prickelnder Frische. Sein Nachklang ist ausdauernd, intensiv und klar konturiert. Er zeigt deutliche mineralische und würzige Akzente sowie einer subtilen Salznote. PRESSE 94/100 Luis Gutiérrez (robertparker.com) We talked a lot about the challenging 2013, but they defended the wines. There was a big crop, and it was not easy, but it was possible to make great wines. The 2013 Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva has nutty aromas, perhaps showing a little more development, but according to Mercedes López de Heredia, [With] the old vines with the right rootstock, in the right soils, you can have more or less quality, but you're not going to have a disaster. It's a wine that has to have aging potential, and they need to start with good grapes, so they harvested earlier, as their grapes were riper because they had lowered their yields. They took risks, and I think they got it right. The palate has intense and pungent flavors, a velvety mouthfeel and a vibrant core of acidity, with a fine thread and a chalky finish. But it's a slightly weaker year. 14,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2022.