2004 Bodegas Urbina Rioja Gran Reserva Especial Tempranillo

• Producer: Urbina
• Varietal: Tempranillo
• Region: Rioja
• Net volume: 750ml
• Vintage: 2004

Plum, carob, briar, and earth, all mature with figs and mixed dried fruit. Complex, with orange peel, cardamom, and angelica, birch branch, amarone earth, nice space and nice spice. This is beautifully organised and mobile, with sabroso interplay and a lovely dry leaf vegetal after-perfume. The wines are often racked to stainless during this ageing, for checking, stabilising, re-blending, confirmation, and they are also aged for a couple of years in stainless after ageing. All are naturally stabilised without fining or filtration.

Urbina are a fascinating mix of Rioja via location and terroir specifics and Rioja via winemaking (the Reserva etcetera fetish for wood and racking). The Reserva is aged as much as 3 years in mixed FR/US casks, and Gran Reserva for more than 3. The wines are often racked to stainless during this ageing, for checking, stabilising, re-blending, confirmation … they are also aged for a couple of years in stainless after ageing. All are naturally stabilised without fining or filtration.

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