Tasting Notes
AVAILABLE ON TIGHT ALLOCATION. PLEASE EMAIL WINES@SWIG.CO.UK TO PURCHASE "96pts, Fully evolved yet energetic, the 2005 Gran Reserva Viña Bosconia (80% Tempranillo with Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo) offers underbrush, sandalwood, chestnut and dried fruit on the nose. Intense but refined on the palate, it shows firm yet polished tannins, with oak adding subtle grip over a chalky structure. A beautiful expression of the vintage, it remains vibrant." 2026-2050" Joaquin Hildago, Vinous.com
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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 release