Conde de los Andes 2001
Rioja DOCa
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Superb 92 point Rioja from one of the region’s most historic bodegas. Tempranillo from vines at least 40 years old, skilful winemaking and a year’s ageing in new French oak all add up to an impressive wine with magnificent richness, depth and length.
£35.00 per bottle
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Wine Details
- Red - Light Bodied
Spain- Deep crimson
- Tempranillo
- 10.125 Units
- 13.5% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2020
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Well structured with bright red fruit intensity and vanilla spice
Aroma
Red fruits, prunes and wild herbs
The Wine
Bodegas Ollauri has a winemaking history dating back to 1513 and underground cellars that snake for a kilometre below the village of Ollauri. These ‘calados’ are the oldest in Rioja, with wonderful architectural detail. Even more exciting is the library of bottles they house, with vintages back to 1892. The bodega is proud of its centuries’ old heritage and makes wines worthy of its history. Conde de los Andes is its star wine, made from the fruit of tiny plots of vines at least 40 years old in the high Rioja Alta. Each batch is carefully vinified then blended to make a beautifully balanced wine. Ageing for 14 months in half new French oak lends rounded complexity to this fine red. For drinking now, open early and decant. Perfect with lamb.
"A great addition to our list of Riojas – so rare to find a 2001, and with this much history too!"
Beth Willard
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