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La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 2015

La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904

2015
95
PARKER
97
PEÑÍN
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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%
Production150,000 bottles

The wine

The Gran Reserva 904 is probably the winery's best wine. A wine with an excellent quality-price ratio, a Tempranillo and Graciano coupage, with four years of ageing in American oak. A wine of great balance, very seductive, another great classic only produced in the best vintage years.

In 1904, Don Alfredo Ardanza, one of the founders of the initial enterprise and owner of Bodegas Ardanza, proposed the union of both companies. To celebrate this, a very special wine was launched onto the market which was called Reserva 1904 then, but it would become the precursor of the current Gran Reserva 904.

What does this wine taste like?

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

Drinking and storing

Serve between 17ºC and 18ºC

Food pairing

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Sausages and ham
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Poultry and white meats
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Red meat
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Cured cheeses
pescados
Fish
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Stews and casseroles
arroces
Rice

Ratings and awards

201595 PK97 PN
201194 PK96 PN97 DC
201096+ PK17 JR96 PN98 SK94 DC
200995+ PK17 JR96 PN97 DC
200795 PK17.5 JR95 PN91 DC
200596 PK17.5 JR95 PN90 DC
PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinsonPN: PeñínSK: SucklingDC: Decanter

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker and Jancis Robinson

They used the words subtlety, elegance, finesse, delicacy and silk to define the 2015 Gran Reserva 904 Selección Especial, a blend of 90% Tempranillo from their vineyards in Villalba, Briñas and Rodezno with 10% Graciano from the Montecillo vineyard in Fuenmayor that was picked 23 days later than the Tempranillo. The grapes were sorted optically for the first time, and they fermented in stainless steel where the wine went through malolactic too. The wine was put in barrel in January 2016—used American oak barrels built by their own coopers—where it matured for four years, during which time it was racked every six months. 2015 was a healthy vintage with balanced ripeness that delivered wines with good aging potential. They thought the wine needed a little more time in bottle to polish those tannins and have decided to hold it and release the wine around March 2023; it will be marked Selección Especial, the first 904 to do so, as they have very high hopes for this year and believe it's one of the finest vintages. They think it will develop the sophistication in the palate with a little more time and that is should achieve the silkiness that is the signature of 904. This is very 2015; I saw quite strong tannins in all the 2015 wines I tasted from Rioja Alta. There are some 150,000 bottles of this.

— Luis Gutiérrez (14/07/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2015 - 95 PARKER

Lots of vanilla and cream on the nose. This is the archetype of traditional Rioja! There is a touch of volatility on the nose, but plenty of juicy red fruit too. The tannins have faded into the background and the acid is soft too. Long and oak-scented on the finish, with perhaps a touch of meat juice too. Not quite a blow-away bottle, but certainly a grande dame.

— Richard Hemming (10/02/2021)JancisRobinson.com Vintage 2010 - 17 JANCIS ROBINSON

Customer reviews

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45 reviews
Vintage:

Winemaking

Ageing period48 months
Barrel ageMostly new
Type of woodAmerican oak

Vineyards

Vine age60 years
SoilCalcareous-clay
ClimateContinental with Atlantic influence

The winery

La Rioja Alta

La Rioja Alta

La Rioja Alta is one of Rioja's historic wineries, creator of such emblematic brands as Viña Ardanza, Viña Arana, Viña Alberdi, Gran Reserva 890 and Gran Reserva 904. All its wines are excellent and clearly exemplify what it means to be a great classic Rioja today, in the present. Their wines are elegant, complex and sophisticated like those of yesteryear, but with more body, colour and robustness, wines adapted to today's gastronomic demands. In short, a...

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