This soft, round red offers plum, chocolate, herbal and forest floor flavors, with just enough tannins and acidity to keep it lively. Drink now through 2013.
Robert Parker: 88 points(01/06/2011)
The 2008 Rivola is a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon displaying aromas of spice box, incense, violets, and black cherry. Savory and sweetly-fruited on the palate, it is an excellent value meant for drinking over the next 4-5 years.
Abadia Retuerta is a quality producer located just outside the border of Ribera del Duero, hence the use of the generic Castilla y Leon DO.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
It is placed in Sardon of Duero (Valladolid), in the estate called Santa Maria de Retuerta. The winery is known as ´El Pago de la Milla de Oro´, because its wines are elaborated in the best wine-growing zone of Spain, geographically located between Peñafiel and Tudela of Duero. It uses... exclusively grapes of its own vineyards for the elaboration of its wines. Total surface planted of its vineyards (210 hectares) is distributed: 65 % Tempranillo, 25 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 % Merlot, experiencing nowadays with Syrah and Petit verdiot vineyards. Its warehouse with a surface of 10.000m2, elaborates wine from 1996, combines the traditional wine-growing with the most advance technology being one of most advanced of Europe. The Winery offers alternative activities like tastings and guided visits, with the possibility in a very next future of lodging at the Abbey´s 18 rooms hotel.
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