99 POINT
\nJames Suckling
\nThis is really refined and complex, with dark mineral, savory berries, mussels, walnuts, sweet spices, truffles, dried oranges, forest floor and cocoa powder. Beautiful acidity with vertical and velvety tannins. Tense, dimensional and very long. Drink or keep holding.
\n98 POINT
\nDecanter
\nI must confess that I find it hard to be objective about the 890, which is one of my all-time favourites, and 2010 is a particularly good vintage. With attention to detail in the vineyard and in the winery, the wine \u2013 named after the founding year, only made in the very best years – gets ever better. It is the very essence of fine Rioja, with succulent cherry fruits, sweet spices, mocha, supple and generously rounded. Aged for no less than six years in carefully selected American oak, and with no sign of weariness. This one is made for the long haul.
\n97 POINT
\nRobert Parker
\nThey were eager to show me their 2010 Gran Reserva 890, their flagship wine from one of the most heralded vintages of recent times, the next vintage of this wine since 2005. It’s 95% Tempranillo, 3% Graciano and 2% Mazuelo that fermented destemmed and crushed with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats for 18 days, the Tempranillo and Mazuelo together and the Graciano separately. After letting the wine settle for the winter, they selected the lots that would age for six years in used American oak barrels with 10 manual rackings. The wine epitomizes the classical style of Rioja Alta with long aging in barrel, developed and tertiary wines with a silky palate and a complex and decadent nose of forest floor, truffles, cigar ash and cedar wood. They need a very special selection of vineyards at higher altitude that take longer to ripen, and they don’t do it fully every year. If they don’t, the grapes go to Ardanza, but in 2010, the days were warm and the nights very cold and the grapes ripened thoroughly and could stand the long time in barrel without being oaky. They have stopped the last rackings to keep a little more freshness, and the wine feels phenomenal. This has to be one of the finest vintages for this wine. It’s drinkable now but should also age for a very long time; it’s intense, complex and elegant. A selection of 236 barrels were blended and bottled unfiltered in March 2017 into 61,643 bottles, 4,189 magnums and some larger formats. There will be a 2011 of this wine and then 2015 and possibly 2016 (but no 2012, 2013 or 2014). This is a very intense 890. Classicism in a bottle.<\/p>\n
Aroma af s\u00f8de kirseb\u00e6r, blommer, tobak, kanel, vanilje, peber, l\u00e6der og chokolade. Fine tanniner g\u00f8r den bl\u00f8d og im\u00f8dekommende at drikke nu, selvom vinen har et lagringspotentiale p\u00e5 mindst 50 \u00e5r foran sig. Frugten er frisk og saftig, og efterlader et indtryk af en kompleks, dyb og silkebl\u00f8d vin.<\/p>\n
Vinen lagres i imponerende seks \u00e5r p\u00e5 brugte fade af amerikansk egetr\u00e6, med grundige analyser og smagninger af de separate fade undervejs. Kun de bedste herfra finder vej til den endelige vin, hvoraf der i 2010-\u00e5rgangen blev produceret omkring 60.000 flasker. Som man kender det med store vine fra eks. Bordeaux, er 890 Gran Reserva ikke filtreret, for at bevare mest muligt af vinens unikke aromaer.<\/p>\n
La Rioja Altas 890 Gran Reserva h\u00f8rer til helt i toppen af hierarkiet over de st\u00f8rste spanske vine. Is\u00e6r i denne uimodst\u00e5eligt flotte \u00e5rgang 2010, der har vist sig at v\u00e6re blandt de allerbedste nyere \u00e5rgange i Rioja.<\/p>\n
890 Gran Reserva best\u00e5r i 2010-udgaven af 95 % Tempranillo, mens resten udg\u00f8res af Graciano og Mazuelo. De n\u00f8je udvaglte drue kommer fra nogle af husets egne og bedste marker, samt fra nogle af La Rioja Altas \u00e6ldste vinstokke. Der h\u00f8stet naturligvis udelukkende med h\u00e5ndkraft, s\u00e5 kun de bedste af de bedste druer finder vej til vineriet, hvortil de transporteres i sm\u00e5 nedk\u00f8lede kasser, for at sikre den optimale kvalitet hele vejen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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