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Details for Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2012
Type
Red Gran Reserva
Wine region
Rioja (Spain)
Grapes
Tempranillo
Review
Rioja Alta, Haro's winery, raises the bar and incorporates the new Viña Arana to its line of Great Reserve.
With an own style, an extraordinary aging capacity and a coupage of tempranillo (95%) and graceful of vines of more than 40 years planted on limestone soils, only 267 American oak barrels are made with a use of 4 years where it has aged for 36 months and a year and a half in the bottle. It will be made only in crops of extraordinary quality.
It is a classic-style Rioja but adapted to new trends looking for wines with more fruit, more vibrant and fresher.
After lunch or dinner / Chocolate / Casseroles / Game
- Ageing period:36 months
- Barrel age:Used
- Type of wood:American oak
- ViewPicota cherry / Garnet rim
- Bouquet:Ageing notes / Higly aromatic / Ripe red fruit / Coffee / Tobacco / Strawberries / Blackberries / Vanilla / Jam / Cedar
- Mouth:Balanced / Structured / Elegant / Complex / Fresh / Long / Smooth tannins
- Optimum serving temperature:Between 15º C and 17º C
- Drinking and storing:Drink now or keep until 2030
Customer reviews
La Rioja Alta
La Rioja Alta is one of Rioja's historic wineries, creator of such emblematic brands as Viña Ardanza, Viña Arana, Viña Alberdi, Gran Reserva 890 and Gran Reserva 940. All of their wines are excellent and clearly exemplify what it means to be a great Rioja classic these days, in present times. Their wines are elegant, complex and sophisticated like those of the past, but with more body, colour and robustness, wines adapted to the gastronomical demands of today. In short, great...
