La Rioja Alta, Viña Ardanza Reserva, 2010

La Rioja Alta, Viña Ardanza Reserva, 20102010 is widely regarded as one of the finest vintages in recent memory for Rioja. The head winemaker at La Rioja Alta S. A., Julio Saenz, declared this wine as a Seleccion Especial a title of the highest praise from winemakers, only awarded to wines and vintages that they rank among the best ever made. Ardanza has long been a wine trade favourite, offering unrivalled value for money for immediate drinking or cellaring. 2010 is only the fourth vintage

spices and mature oak

The Chardonnays from 2018 are supple and approachable and this makes the typically fragrant Hunting Hill very pretty

graphite and melted tar soar from the glass

Bright and refined with citrus-driven aromas of lemon and lime blossom

A rare treasure

orange oil

then exposed to oxidation afterwards

The wines have been met with real excitement

Convinced that the interactions of living organisms are beneficial to the vineyard

The wine is then aged in medium size (30 hl) oak casks for 36 months followed by 12 months in glazed cement vats

One of the finest over-achieving efforts in this vintage as well as a “best buy” for a top-flight St

the wine ages in medium-sized oak barrels (20/40 hl) for at least two years