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2001 Calvario, Finca Allende, Rioja, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Tempranillo
Stephen Tanzer
93/100
Robert Parker
95/100
Jay Miller
95/100
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20
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Product: 20011151905
2001 Calvario, Finca Allende, Rioja, Spain
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2001
Alcohol % 13
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Full Bodied
Property Finca Allende

Critics reviews

Stephen Tanzer 93/100
From a single vineyard planted in 1945.Good deep ruby. Inky aromas of cassis and bitter chocolate, with a suggestion of baked fruits. Thick, dense and hugely concentrated, with a saline quality. As creamy, unctuous and super ripe as this is, it's also lively and sharply delineated. A massive, seamless Rioja that finishes with huge, ripe, touthcoating tannins. Definitely not your father's Rioja.Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com.com (September 2004)
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com (Sep 2004)
Robert Parker 95/100
The blockbuster 2001 Calvario is a single vineyard Rioja produced from 90% Tempranillo, 8% Grenache, and 2% Graciano, all from vines planted in 1945. Aged in new French oak for 14 months and bottled unfiltered, it is a sensational effort revealing an inky/purple colour along with gorgeously complex aromas of cedar, blackberries, creme de cassis, scorched earth, minerals, and smoky new oak. This full-throttle, seriously endowed effort coats the palate and nearly stains the teeth. Unevolved and rich but impeccably balanced, even elegant given its total symmetry/harmony, it should gracefully hit its prime in 2-4 years and age for the following 12-15.Ready to drinkRobert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate (April 2004)
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2004)
Jay Miller 95/100
The 2001 Calvario delivers the finest aromatics of the series thanks to the quality of the vintage and the additional bottle age. It is approachable now but still evolving. This complete, complex, lengthy wine should continue to drink well through 2026.Jay Miller, Wine Advocate (June 2010)
Jay Miller, RobertParker.com (Jun 2010)
Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
Single vineyard. Scented. Burgundian. Very dense colour. Nicely savoury. Very sweet, then chewy.Ready to drinkjancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (December 2005)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Dec 2005)

About this wine

Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South - it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Its spiritual home is in Rioja and Navarra where it constitutes around 70% of most red blends.

Finca Allende

Finca Allende, the estate created by Brother and sister team Mercedes and Miguel Angel de Gregorio, is located in the hill town of Briones in the Rioja Alta. 'Allende' can be roughly translated as 'further'; its philosophy is to go further and further towards creating the perfect Rioja. This has been done by marrying the old and the new, by embracing the traditional grape varieties but then treating them to new French oak. A further distinguishing characteristic, apart from their ripeness and structure, is that Allende's best wines are vineyard-based, with focus on the expression of Rioja's varied terroir. Finca Allende's production comes from their own 22 hectares supplemented by contracts with certain other growers in Briones. The principal cuvée is 100% Tempranillo aged for thirteen months in predominantly French oak. The oldest vines (Tempranillo with some Graciano) are kept back to make Aurus. The full potential of the estate is eloquently illustrated by Calvario, a single-vineyard wine from 65+ year-old Tempranillo vines with magnificent aromatics and lush fruit, that clearly underlines the family's qualitative aspirations.

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