TASTING NOTE
Colour
Deep red colour which shades from the dark hues of the bulb of the glass to brick red around the edge.
AROMA:
Its aroma is complex and balsamic; with burnt wood and hints of spices such as black pepper and cinnamon.
TASTE:
It has an oily mouth-feel, with good backbone and concentration of tannins, round and supple with a long, silky finish.
MATCHING
This wine pairs well with ham, mature cheeses, red meat, all kinds of roasts and grills and game casseroles.
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: 91/100 points (Marqués de Riscal 150 Aniversario 2001)