TASTING NOTE
Colour
Intense cherry colour with an orange edge.
AROMA:
The nose shows intense, diverse, with a clear presence of ripe black berries turn provides memories of the forest, eucalyptus and minerals and some roasted notes.
TASTE:
Is a complex wine, spicy, supple wine with good backbone, very ripe fruit and powerful, juicy tannins, with a long, lingering finish.
MATCHING
Food pairing: This wine goes well with ham, medium strength cheeses, casseroles with sauces which are not too highly seasoned, pulse stews, poultry, red meat, roasts and grills.
WHO CAN CONTRACT
After 150 years of great experience, his success and key to success has been to combine as one its long tradition and established brand with regeneration and adaptation to the times of all its facilities and, most importantly, modernizing its range of wines . A house that, somehow, has always been ahead of its time, a house that has been known to take risks and successful approach without losing its cultural background. Proof of this are for instance your bet and incursion "early" in Rueda, his Baron de Chirel, his new winery, its renewed wine reserve and his new estate wines.
Founded in 1858 by Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga, Marqués de Riscal, stands as one of the most recognized and historical brands in the Rioja and Spanish wine world, now almost more for the brave, bold and modern extension of the hotel cellar, to by Frank Gehry that undoubtedly represents a very sound bet Guggenheim style with international management and wine therapy spa.
Peñín Guide 2010: 93/100 points (Marqués de Riscal Frank Gehry Selección 2001)
