Spain

Rioja

Medium

Cork

Rosé

Reserva

Over the past decade, Bodega Hacienda López de Haro has become one of Rioja’s rising stars, a producer capable of making both consistently high-quality, high-volume brands and smaller-scale ‘artisanal’ bottlings such as this Gran Reserva Rosado. It’s a blend of 60% Viura and 40% Garnacha, macerated for 24-48 hours before fermentation in stainless steel. The wine was then matured for four years in French and Eastern European oak barriques, mostly new. It spent a further five years in bottle before release. David Williams: Complex interplay of polished wood, cherry and rosehip, and macadamia nuts, a touch of sweet green olive and fennel, baked strawberry: just fascinating. Very savoury and satisfying, with lovely glide and a silky texture. Matthew Forster MW: Brick red, attenuated colour, firm savoury oak aromas. Concentrated stewed plum fruit, with rose petal and caramel on the finish. Very complete. Diana Rollan: Intense and complex, oxidative style. Notes of dried cranberry, orange zest and sandalwood. Textured, elegant and vibrant, with a subtle saline finish. Superb.

Grenache / Garnacha

Viura

Hacienda López de Haro, Classica Gran Reserva Rosado, Rioja, Northern Spain, Spain, 2013

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Over the past decade, Bodega Hacienda López de Haro has become one of Rioja’s rising stars, a producer capable of making both co

Hacienda López de Haro, Classica Gran Reserva Rosado, Rioja, Spain 2013

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