Roda Reserva 2007is made from Tempranillo 73% and Graciano 27%. Aged for 16 months in French oak barrels and 20 months in bottle. Vineyards older than 30 years. Winery directed by the oenologist Augustín Santolaya.
Tasting notes: Bright cherry red colour, ochre rim. On nose, mineral notes and hints of red fruit, vanilla, chocolate and toasted. On palate, fruity, creamy, fresh and velvety. Long and spicy final.
What the critics say...
Wine Spectator: 86 points(01/01/2011)
"This plump red has a supple texture and round flavors of plum, licorice and vanilla. Offers juicy acidity and just enough tannins for grip. Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano. Drink now. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 13,900 cases made."
Robert Parker: 90 points(01/01/2011)
"Roda Reserva 2007 displays a similar aromatic and flavor profile to the 2006. It offers up an inviting perfume of spices, violets, a hint of leather, balsamic, and blackberry. In the glass it is smooth-textured, spicy, and succulent. It is likely to evolve for another 2-3 years but can be approached now. It should continue to drink well through 2019."
Peñin Guide: 91 points(01/01/2012)
Cherry red colour, garnet rim. On nose, ripe fruit, spicy, creamy oak, earthy. On palate, powerful, tasty, ripe tannins.
Pairing: Beef, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Roasts, Stews.
In spite of the fact that Roda's establishment goes back to 1987, the winery construction began in 1991 and ended in the year 2001, developed in three phases: the first one was carried out by the architect Roses and the last one and more emblematic directed by Llimona Ruiz's-Recorder study.... />The winery directives allow only the use of autochthonous varieties of red grape, Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano. Absolute respect for the vintages and never using wines from other vintages. Only wines elaborated in house. Wines coming from the entrails of the vineyard, soil, climate, landscape, made to be enjoyed. Without hurries to obtain economic results but with the goal fixed in being with the time one of the references among the big wines of the world. The control of twenty wine-growing plots distributed in the best ecosystems of the area from where each year are vinified the best 17 ones. The employment of old vineyards as warranty of the best quality of the Tempranillo and Garnacha. A system of valuing the grapes from the suppliers as never before. The harvest in small boxes, the first table of selection installed in Rioja. The vinification in French oak tubs with control of temperature. The aging in 100% French oak casks. The year 1997 elaborates the first CIRSION, never released, with a short aging, reached an incredible level of silkiness and a fruity complexity beyond the common. The next step was to identify visually the symptoms of the plants and train a group of vintagers capable to find them. Every year, in vintages, we visit our vineyards looking for this curious natural rarety and this is the way, one between one thousand, how CIRSION's grapes are gathered.
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