Winery:  Bodegas R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia            

Region: D.O.C. Rioja

Vintage: 2012

Bottle:  75cl.                                                   

Grape Varieties: Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano

Type: Red Wine Reserva

Alcohol Content: 13.5% Vol.

Serving Temperature:  18º - 20º

A traditional Rioja made in a very traditional style, hand-harvested and grape selected from old vines sourced from their own vineyards.

Production:

It has spent five years in used American oak barrels, manually raked twice a year and fined with egg whites, bottled unfiltered, and followed by some aging in bottle for a minimum of six months.

Tasting Notes:

Viña Bosconia is fruitier than the Viña Tondonia, with a higher proportion of Tempranillo, is less dry and warmer. Elegant with an impeccable balance, smooth, displaying a great quality of fresh fruit, plums, morello cherries and good refreshing acidity in a very fine, classy wine.

THE WINERY

This family owned bodega, López Heredia, is one of Rioja’s oldest and most traditional establishments, it was founded in 1913 by Rafael López de Heredia, and three generation later the family Lopez de Heredia continue to devote themselves to producing exceptional and unique wines. Located in the heart of the Rioja Alta region, Viña Tondonia is a beautiful vineyard and one of the most spectacular in Haro, of over 100 ha. situated in a shell-like depression on the right bank of the river Ebro, the soil is alluvial clay with a high proportion of limestone.