Description

La récolte de 2002 a connu une très belle évolution et a su maintenir sa corpulence et sa fraîcheur caractéristiques, des qualités que l’on retrouve dans le Reserva de Viña Tondonia de cette même année. Il jouit d’un long vieillissement en fût et d’un long repos en bouteille et reprend tous les atouts de la maison pour nous offrir un vin rouge doux, rond et bien développé.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
López de Heredia
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2002
Alcool
12.5% vol.
Cépage
75% Tempranillo, 15% Grenache et 10% Graciano et Mazuelo
Autres formats disponibles:
Origine
Rioja

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2002 Vina Tondonia Reserva is a blend of 75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacho and 10% between Mazuelo and Graciano sourced from their Tondonia vineyard located in a large meander of the Ebro River on the outskirts of Haro. It is aged for six years in used barrels, racked twice per year during its upbringing and fined with egg whites before being bottled unfiltered. It has a slightly reduced nose that benefits from air contact, with shy aromas of cherries in liqueur, tea leaves, fine leather, game, blood, spice box and cigar ash, showing some evolution. The light to medium-bodied palate is balanced, with high acidity, but perhaps a little fragile, showing the difficulties of the vintage, as 2002 was a very difficult year in Rioja. 250,000 bottles were produced. Drink 2014-2019".

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:

"Bright medium red. Expansive bouquet of musky red and dark berries, medicinal cherry, rose oil and Asian spices. Juicy raspberry and rose pastille flavors are framed by silky tannins and given a boost by zesty minerality. Packs a solid punch but comes off almost weightless. The tannins fade into the sweet fruit on the finish, which is strikingly pure and very persistent. Lovely right now".