R. Lopez de Heredia Viña Tondonia, Viña Cubillo Crianza 2014, DOCa Rioja, Spain

2014 vintage – 65% Tempranillo, 25% Grenache, 10% Graciano and Mazuelo. Aged for 36 months in new French and American oak barrels. Deep dark black-red. Extensive, powerful bouquet with ripe fruits (black and red berries, blueberries, cherries, finest tobacco, cinnamon, cloves. Magnificently complex and elegant. Harmonious orchestra of fruit, spices, cocoa and slate notes. The tannin is youthful, but perfectly integrated and shows a good potential for maturing. Drinking maturity 2022-2030. Absolutely decant. Bodegas R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia sit on a total area of 53,076 square meters, of which 19,718 are built, corresponding to 3,433 square meters to the underground cellar, with drafts up to 200 meters long, at a depth of more than 10 meters, drilled in the heart of a colossal block of sandstone, on whose sides endless rows of barrels are extended (12,900 Bordeaux barrels are kept in their bowels).