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2012 Cune (CVNE) Vina Real Rioja Reserva

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June 26, 2022 - $21

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RATINGS

92Wine Enthusiast

Compact, almost gritty aromas of tree bark and herbal berry fruits require time to breathe. After necessary airing, this is elegant and fresh on the palate, but full in body. Herbal plum and berry flavors are leathery, spicy...racy finish.

91Vinous / IWC

Heady, oak-spiced blackberry, cherry cola and rose pastille scents... Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering sweet dark berry, spicecake and mocha flavors enlivened by a spine of juicy acidity and a hint of cracked pepper. Finishes smooth, appealingly sweet and very long, with subtle, slow-building tannins adding shape and gentle grip.

REGION

Spain, Rioja

Rioja Demoninación de Origine Calificada is Spain’s most important wine region. Located in northern Spain, it comprises 135,000 vineyard acres and was the first official appellation in Spain, earning its official DO status in 1926. In 1991 it became Spain’s first DOCa, Spain’s most prestigious appellation category. The DOCa is divided into three subzones: La Rioja Alavesa in the northeast; La Rioja Alta in the southwest; and La Rioja Baja in the east. About 75 percent of Rioja wines are reds, with Tempranillo the predominant grape. Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, a spicy, high-acidity red grape, are also allowed. White wines are made from Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca and Malvasia. Wines were made in this region well before the Romans arrived, though the Romans then the medieval monks refined vineyard management and wine production. In the 19th century French families migrated to Rioja after phylloxera wiped out their vineyards, and the French helped establish the tradition of wine blends, still part of Rioja winemaking. According to the rules for the appellation, a wine labelled a simple Rioja can spend less than a year in an oak aging barrel. A Criziana is aged for at least two years, one in oak. Rioja Reserva is aged at least three years, with at least one in oak. A Rioja Gran Reserva must be aged at least five years, with two years in oak.

VINTAGE

2012 Cune (CVNE) Vina Real Rioja Reserva

Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (CVNE)