Bodegas Muriel, Marques de Valido, Rioja, Spain, 2009

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Tasted by: Tina Gellie
(at Lidl wine tasting, 25 Apr 2018)
A mature Rioja from a top producer. It’s a 100%Tempranillo that spends two years in both French and US oak, and a further three years in bottle before release, revealing supple, leathery red fruit and vanilla-inflected cedary oak. Great price.
Producer
Bodegas Muriel
Brand
Marques de Valido
Vintage
2009
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
Spain
Appellation
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
13.50%
Oak
Oaked
Grapes
100% Tempranillo / Tinto Fino