La Rioja Alta - Vina Ardanza Riserva Especial 2016 (750ml)

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Producer	La Rioja Alta
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Varietal	Tempranillo
Vintage	2016
Sku	19710
Size	750ml

~ 95 Pts JAMES SUCKLING Savory and complex with dried orange peel, cedar and plenty of sweet spices, walnuts, caramel, dried mushrooms and pine needles. Shows maturity here, with a medium body and superb freshness. Incredibly long finish with lots of truffle and walnut. Lasts over a minute. Very complete now, but you can still hold it. ~ 94+ Pts WINE ADVOCATE The 2016 Vi?a Ardanza Reserva was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha that matured in used American oak barrels for three years, where it was hand-racked from barrel to barrel six times in the case of Tempranillo and five times for the Garnacha, as it had a slightly shorter ?levage of 30 months. Against all odds, I found the 2016 to be fresher than the 2015 and less developed, despite the fact that winemaker Julio S?enz told me he considers it a warmer year. But I have found many wines I like in 2016, and the wine feels very clean and quite harmonious, younger and less developed, with more primary notes and a velvety mouthfeel. 600,000 bottles produced. The wine was bottled in June 2020.