Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2005

2005 Tondonia Reserva 93WALa Rioja, SpainETA September 2024 - direct from the winery cellarsThe Tondonia is the flagship of the winery and probably nowadays the most popular of all the Rioja wines made in this special region. This again is a wine I personally buy every year - you will read that a lot here - I only try to offer wines that I personally admire. These wines drink amazingly well now but have the ability to age gracefully another 20 years easy. Wines like this that are held back and matured at the winery should cost a fortune, but lucky for us, Lopez de Heredia thought to do this a long time ago, setting them up to economically be able to do so and offer us a true superior value wine.Grapes: Tempranillo 75%, Garnacho 15%, Graciano and Mazuelo 10%93 pts Robert Parker Wine AdvotcateThe 2005 Viña Tondonia Reserva is a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo from their vineyards in the meander of the Ebro River, where they have some 100 hectares of