Marqués de Murrieta Reserva

Name: Marqués de Murrieta Reserva 2016
Brand: Marqués de Murrieta
SKU: mmurr16
Price: 21.55 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (45 reviews)

2016

93-94

PARKER

93

PEÑÍN

45 reviews

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Spec sheet

Type	Red Wine
Region	Rioja (Spain)
Grapes	87% Tempranillo6% Mazuelo5% Graciano2% Garnacha
Producer	Marqués de Murrieta
Allergens	Contains sulfites
Alcohol contenti	14.0%
Production	900,000 - 1,100,000 bottles

The wine

Marqués de Murrieta is an excellent, harmonious wine that has a fragrant, feminine nose, of nicely refined fruit with floral notes and subtle oak, and a very juicy, rich palate. It constantly exemplifies Rioja's finest quality and is the wine which best defines this historic winery's style: elegance, balance and uniformity.

As the house produces more of this wine than any other, the Murrieta Reserva constitutes a great challenge for the winemaker, since much skill and accuracy is required year after year in managing to combine the different altitudes, soils and grapes of the exceptional Ygay estate. Made using the classic Rioja blend, primarily based on Tempranillo (93%), Murrieta Reserva includes a small but significant percentage of Mazuelo (4%) which very pleasantly highlights the overall freshness. It's a wine which embodies the bodega's past and present, and unites tradition and modernity: American oak for those long months of ageing, 8 of which are spent in new barrels.

NOTE: We recommend decanting half an hour before serving.

What does this wine taste like?

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

View	Cherry red
Bouquet	Fragrant / Black fruit / Floral notes / Toasty notes
Mouth	Tobacco / Pepper / Orange peel / Harmonious

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Food pairing

Roasts, Serrano ham, Semi-cured cheeses, Oven-baked fish, Cod, Game stews

Ratings and awards

2017	93 PK	93 PN	95 SK
2016	93-94 PK	93 PN
2015	93 PK	91 PN	93 SK
2014	93 PK	91 PN
2013	92 PK	90 PN
2012	92 PK	92 PN	95 SK

PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: Suckling

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

I also tasted an unbottled sample of the 2016 Rioja Reserva, which should be bottled in a couple of months, before the summer. What I tasted was the final blend, and it represents the year—2016 was a cooler year, and the wine also goes in that direction. 2016 saw a large crop, and the grapes for this cuvée were harvested at the end of September, going toward more finesse and subtleness, combined with the natural power. There was a change in the winery in 2016 that was finalized in 2018 with the new winery. The wine is textured and fine, and it's more elegant than the 2015 I tasted next to it. The detail and texture on the palate is different, and the quality of the tannins is completely different. This should be released in early 2020. There will be almost 1.1 million bottles of this, which is remarkable, as they have managed to increase quality and quantity.

— Luis Gutiérrez (28/06/2019)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2016 - 93-94 PARKER

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Wine making

Vinification material	Stainless steel
Ageing period	16 months
Barrel age	New and semi-new
Type of wood	American oak

Vineyards

Finca Ygay

Climate	Continental
Surface area	300.00 hectares

The winery