Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 1998 is made from Tempranillo (90%) and Graciano (10%). Alcoholic fermentation for 14 days. Natural malolactic fermentation in 39 days in stainless steel tanks. In December 1999, the wine was transferred to casks for 4 years, during which time it was racked by the traditional cask-to-cask method every 6 months.
Tasting notes: Brick red colour. Nose: spices, noble wood, mentholated chocolate on a background of plums, raisins and sugared fruit. Very long and complex to the nose. Palate: well-balanced, with a good structure and highly polished, silky and elegant tannins. Complex after-taste with a gentle and long-lasting ending.
What the critics say...
Peñin Guide: 95 points(01/01/2012)
Ruby colour, tile colour rim. On nose, aromatic coffee, spicy, carpentry, wet leather, tobacco. On palate, spicy, long, lingering, fine tannins.
It was established in 1890, in the emblematic neighborhood of Estación de Haro. Later they grew in Rías Baixas with Lagar de Cervera, in the Rioja Alavesa with Baron of Oña and in the Ribera de Duero with Áster. The centenary winery Rioja Alta is immersed in an ambitious investment plan with... the acquisition and plantation of new estates, providing 80 % of its production about the year 2010. The Group owns a total of 710 hectares , distributed among the most prestigious wine areas of Spai
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