2013 Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja López de Heredia - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
- Region Rioja
- Grape Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano / Mazuelo
- Drinking 2025 - 2040
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
2013 - Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja López de Heredia - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Bodegas Lopez de Heredia
- Region Rioja
- Grape Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano / Mazuelo
- Drinking 2025 - 2040
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, March 2024
Quite a restrained nose at present, but some shy cherry and raspberry the can be coaxed out of the glass. The sensation is that of being tightly wound, like a coil of energy, but with time tell tale spices and truffle show. There is more expression on the palate, with rich red fruit, cherry, raspberry and dried cranberry, but a refreshing herbaceous edge that makes it very appetising. The tannins are beautiful and gentle, but the energy here is what makes this release so special. The fresh finish keeps going. It feels more refined and elegant compared to the flashier 2012 vintage, and would be a lovely drink now with some time in a decanter, but will really blossom in a year or two.
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Wine Advocate, February 2025, Score: 95
The canonical red 2013 Viña Tondonia Reserva has a developed nose of dried roses and tar that transported me to Piamonte but soon took me back to the López de Heredia cellars in Haro with the mixture of mushrooms, truffles, damp earth and decayed leaves, hints of brick dust and spice. 2013 was a rainy year, with 753 liters of it, well above the average of 530 liters in Haro. It was also a cooler year, and the ripeness was slow, so they didn't start picking until the seventh of October, but they had to hurry up because of the risk of botrytis. The crop was not so big, because they suffered from hail in July that affected the Viña Tondonia, coupled with strong winds that broke many branches. The breakdown in 2013 comes to 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho and 5% each Graciano and Mazuelo that fermented in old oak vats with indigenous yeasts. All the wines age in old American oak barrels in their caves, in this case for no less than six years. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.4 and 6.6 grams of acidity, perhaps a lighter vintage with higher acidity that translates into a lot of energy, a fine-boned palate and very fine tannins with a vibrant finish. 190,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2021. It should be released in the spring of 2025, almost 12 years after the harvest. And look at the price... Drink date: 2025 – 2040.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, March 2024
Quite a restrained nose at present, but some shy cherry and raspberry the can be coaxed out of the glass. The sensation is that of being tightly wound, like a coil of energy, but with time tell tale spices and truffle show. There is more expression on the palate, with rich red fruit, cherry, raspberry and dried cranberry, but a refreshing herbaceous edge that makes it very appetising. The tannins are beautiful and gentle, but the energy here is what makes this release so special. The fresh finish keeps going. It feels more refined and elegant compared to the flashier 2012 vintage, and would be a lovely drink now with some time in a decanter, but will really blossom in a year or two.
Region
Rioja
By far the best known of Spain's wine regions is Rioja, which takes its name from the rio(river) Oja, a tributary of the river Ebro. Lying in the north of the country, along the Ebro valley, the area is sheltered from rain-bearing Atlantic winds by the dramatic Sierra de Cantabria to the north and west. The hilly vineyards are interspersed with orchards, poplars and eucalyptus trees. Rioja is further divided into three sub-regions - Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Baja. The first two are best regarded, with vines planted on cool slopes with clay and limestone soils. The permitted grape varieties for Rioja are tempranillo, which is grown extensively in Rioja Alta and Alavesa and will form the backbone of all the best wines, garnacha, widespread in Rioja Baja and used to add body to the blend, and mazuelo (carignan) and graciano, both grown in miniscule proportions. The key to understanding Rioja is the technique used to mature the wine. Unlike most other areas of Europe, American oak barrels are used which give the wines their characteristic soft vanilla, almost coconuty flavour. Historically the wines were aged for periods far longer than legally required, until all the fruit character had died down and the end result was a light, tawny-coloured wine dominated by oak flavours. Although there are still supporters of this classic style, far more producers are making wines in a more modern way, allowing the dark berry fruit flavours to burst through balanced by a more judicious use of oak ageing and often opting for French oak now.
