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2010 Castillo Ygay, Gran Reserva Especial, Marqués de Murrieta, Rioja, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Tempranillo
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2010 Castillo Ygay, Gran Reserva Especial, Marqués de Murrieta, Rioja, Spain

Description

A blend of Tempranillo with 15% Mazuelo (Cariñena) vinified separately in stainless steel for 11 days and matured for 26 months in American and French oak barrels.

Perfumed bouquet with notes of dried cherries, smoke and sweet spices. Intense palate lifted by a linear acidity and the tannins that support the evolving fruit. Elegant and refined finish.

Marien Rodriguez, Fine Wine Junior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (March 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Alcohol % 14
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Medium Bodied
Property Marqués de Murrieta

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.

Marques de Murrieta

Marqués de Murrieta was one of two pioneers in the production of Rioja wines, this bodega was established in 1852 and is proudly old-fashioned in its approach. All the grapes are sourced from the bodega's own vineyards at Ygay near Logroño, which were recently extended to 300ha. Traditional grape varities are grown Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo, Garnacha Blanca and Viura, many of which have now disappeared from the region.

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