Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva 2011 75cl moulin-touchais Tasting Note: An intense nose

Tasting Note: An intense nose with plenty of ripe blackberry and plum fruit and sweet vanilla

soft and silky palate

They work with small growers (growers who have small plots of land - this isn't a Gulliver's Travels thing here) to make wines that are really showing their regional character

but the wine is aged for twelve months in 500 litre French oak vats

belonging to Michel’s brother

Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva 2011 75cl moulin-touchais Tasting Note: An intense noseTasting Note Concentrated, powerful aromas of black and red fruit move into an almost liquorice character on top. It really feels astonishingly pure for this wine yet this intense fruit is cradled by more classic Tondonia notes of cured jamn, leather, vanilla and nutmeg spice. Drink now and over the next 20 or so years. Producer Want the most traditional of Rioja producers? This is the one for you founded in 1877, with bugger all changing since, they