Tasting Notes
97 points - '...this is a benchmark classic - refined, enduring and unmistakably Tondonia.' Lopez de Heredia is a legendary producer and the 2013 is one of the best vintages we've tasted. A blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Graciano and Mazuelo. It is restrained, elegant and layered. Gorgeous black fruit flavours mingle with spice, cedar and vanilla. It feels complete, mellow and in total harmony.
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To step back inside the López de Heredia winery is to step back in time. Founded in 1877, and little changed since, López de Heredia might not be quite the oldest winery in Rioja, but they are certainly the most tradition bound and least changed. You read a lot of marketing fluff about ‘family winemaking tradition’, but at López de Heredia, it’s real. Maria José López de Heredia and her winemaker sister, Mercedes, couldn’t care less about wine fashions. They've been producing wines in the style their great grandfather did, where their wines slumber in their deep cellars for many years before release. The quest for perfection is of utmost importance, and no wine is released until it is ready.