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Alto del Obre Reserva, Rioja 2016
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Alto del Obre Reserva, Rioja 2017
£17.50
75cl ALC 13.5%
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Having recently joined the company and enjoying my red wines, this has been a very pleasant introduction. Full of the dark fruits of blueberry & blackberry, there are subtle hints of cinnamon and vanilla, with a good bite of tannins to finish. I’m certainly glad to be back to enjoying delicious red wines like this one. Debbra Whittaker

An intense and complex wine full of ripe blackberry and blueberry fruit with hints of cassis, the initial fruit is followed by a subtle flavour of spices, cinnamon, vanilla and cloves. The finish is long and aromatic.

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Spain, Spain, Rioja

Still Red

Tempranillo/Cencibel

90% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo

Medium-bodied

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2017

13.5%

75cl

Bodegas Taron

Bodegas Taron

Bodegas Taron

Until recently Bodegas Taron was a co-op so they take grapes from 700 hectares, nearly all in the Rioja Alta. Recent investment has resulted in a bright, modern winery, a new barrel hall that smells of clean new oak, and lots of new stainless steel vats.

The latter come in various sizes to give plenty of flexibility, and there are some old concrete ones too. Manager Gonzalo Salazar is keen and progressive. The wines are good value, have a comfortable, traditional feel to them and crucially seem to be aged a little longer so we have access to more mature styles.

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Vintage guide

The wines of 2023 show great promise but will be in short supply, while those of 2022 a hot, dry year are excellent and concentrated. The 2021 vintage is very good after a warm dry season with wines showing good concentration and aromatics. A wet first half of the 2020 vintage meant a lot of work in the vineyard was needed but a better, more consistent second half resulted in some juicy young wines with those ageing in barrel looking very promising. A very good year, 2019 had warm dry conditions but yields were limited by a tricky flowering period. A cooler and wetter year than other recent vintages has endowed the wines of 2018 with greater freshness and lower alcohols. Across the country the wines are showing good aromatics, plenty of weight, and a juicy fresh character. Growers had a complex year in 2017 having to contend with frost, hail and drought. Yields are down as a result, but the picture overall is of good quality particularly in Galicia and the South, Penedès also performed well. The 2016 vintage was pretty good on the whole with Ribera del Duero, Rioja and Rueda having excellent results. 2015 was heralded as the best vintage across Spain in recent years, and particularly so in the north. 2014 saw some good wines made with a little rain in the second half of harvest and low yields. This came after the potentially great 2013 vintage which has given fresh, vibrant, robust wines.
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