Baron de Ley Rioja Reserva (750ml)
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Wine Type
Red Wine
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Size
750ml
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Vintage
2017
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Country
Spain
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Region
Rioja
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Sub-Region
Mendavia
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Grape
GracianoMaturanaTempranillo
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Farming Method
ConventionalMost products with this label come from producers who do their best to avoid any intervention at all but it’s possible that some of the aforementioned preventative measures and additions are deemed necessary. Learn More
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ABV
14.5%
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Food Pairing
PorkRed MeatWarm Vegetable Dishes
Barón de Ley is a winery located in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Rioja a privileged terroir to farm and craft premium quality wines.Housed in a centuries-old monastery, where the monks made wine more than 500 years ago, Barón de Ley was founded in 1985 as a ground-breaking project in DOCa Rioja: a vineyard-focused winery inspired by the Médoc châteaux. It models its approach on the French concept of “château” where the grapes are sourced from the property’s own vineyards rather than sourcing the grapes from contract growers as was typical of this area. They own more than 600 hectares of vineyard in different Rioja subregions, which guarantee top-quality wines with personality and where they can capitalise on the different locations, micro-climates, soils and grape varieties Rioja has to offer.
Barón de Ley takes manual harvest to new heights through a combination of hand-harvesting and hand-sorting of 1.8 million kg of grape every vintage, an impressive milestone in Rioja.
Tasting Notes
The Reserva category is where you generally start to see more complexity with Rioja. The wines typically show a fantastic balance between fruit and structure with subtle secondary and tertiary aromas and flavours from barrel ageing.
The Baron de Ley Reserva Rioja has a pronounced and layered nose of red fruits, dill and coconut. The palate offers lots of ripe fruit, along with a freshness. Other flavours of herbs and caramel from age and oak are seamlessly integrated and the tannins are perfectly silky. A wonderfully developing wine that can be enjoyed now or tucked away in the cellar for a few more years.
Method
Barón de Ley Reserva is made using grapes from vineyards in the Rioja Oriental (Rioja Baja) sub-region. Predominantly Tempranillo with supporting indigenous grapes Maturana and Graciano. Following manual harvest and manual selection, the grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steal vats where the goal is to achieve the ideal balance between extraction and aromatics. After a minimum of 20 months ageing in American-oak casks, this wine spends a further 24 months rounding off in the bottle.
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