Viele Jahre mussten wir auf den Viña Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva 2008 warten, der Vorgänger war Jahrgang 2000. Eine sehr eigenwillige Interpretation eines Rosé, für die uns jeglicher Vergleich fehlt. Nur für Freaks !
Rebsorten
60 % Garnacha, 30 % Tempranillo, 10 % Viura
Ausbau:
4 Jahre in amerikanischen Barriques, über 5 Jahre auf der Flasche
James Suckling - Thursday, August 2, 2018 - López de Heredia Rioja Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia 2008 - 97/100
Maybe the idea of a Gran Reserva rosé seems crazy, but this great wine happens to be a rosé. The whole range of dried fruit, plus a lemon-zest freshness which lights up the full and complex body. Take your time to unravel this wine’s mystery, if you can find one of the rare bottles. Drink or hold.
The Wine Advocate #235 - Luis Gutiérrez - 28th Feb 2018 - 2008 López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva - 94/100 - $30 - 2018 - 2030
The only Gran Reserva rosé of the Rioja appellation (they were waiting for the appellation's back labels, as they have to print them especially for López de Heredia) makes a glorious comeback with the 2008 Viña Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva, which follows the previous 2000. This has a completely different profile from the rest of the rosé wines produced in Rioja—and the whole world (I think, as I have not tasted them all!). It really is a "clarete," not a rosé, as it's produced with a mixture of red and white grapes (60% Garnacha, 30% Tempranillo and 10% Viura) fermented and macerated together. It's a matured and developed rosé aged in used American oak barrels for four years and kept in vat and bottle to be released at age ten. There are always spicy and musky notes of cinnamon and dried flowers with a nutty twist, which the winery likes to describe as "halfway between a white and a red." It has an orange, onion-skin color with an unusual, characterful nose, a thousand miles removed from any rosé in the world, with notes of cinnamon, almonds and dried rose petals, but it feels still very young and it can develop more aromas in the bottle. The palate has sharp acidity and pungent flavors, which make the wine very long and persistent. This is not a wine for everybody; it can be one of those hate-it or love-it wines, an acquired taste. For comparison's sake, I tasted a bottle of the rosé from 1976, and the wine had a fully developed nose with a lot of aromas reminiscent of their whites, with hints of asparagus and herbal tea. Going back to the 2008, it showed totally primary and with aromas that made me think of hard candy and flowers. 13,200 bottles were filled in May 2014.
Produktionsmenge
13.200 Flaschen
Kritikerbewertungen
James Suckling: 97
Wine Advocate: 94
Genussdaten
Alkohol: 12,5 %
Dekantierzeit: 1 Stunde
Serviertemperatur: 10-12°C
Trinkempfehlung: 2018-2028
Allergene: enthält Sulfite
Weitere Daten
Bezeichnung: Wein, Weißwein
Allergene: enthält Sulfite, Eiweiß
Hersteller: Bodegas R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia, S.A., 26200 Haro - Spanien
- Weingut:
- López de Heredia