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Lealtanza Reserva Dalí 2004 75cl

DOCa | Rioja | Spain
CHF 45.40

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2004
Critics scores
93 Robert Parker
The 2004 Lealtanza Reserva Spanish Artist Collection features a gorgeous Salvador Dali painting on the label attached to the heavy, custom-made bottle. As with last year’s Miro label, the wine stands up to the quality of the art work. The Tempranillo grapes were sourced from 75+-year-old estate vineyards and aged for 18 months in new Allier French oak. Opaque purple-colored, the wine features a splendid perfume of wood smoke, vanilla, fresh road tar, mineral, spice box, black cherry, and blackberry liqueur. On the palate the wine is obviously youthful yet elegant. There are layers of spicy black fruits, ripe tannin, excellent balance, and a long finish. Give it 5-7 years in the cellar and drink it through 2030.
Producer
Bodegas Altanza
Quite new to the Rioja landscape, Bodegas Altanza was established along the upper region in a small town called Fuenmayor in 1998. With a clear vision, the estate was built on the pillars of creating quality, but reasonably priced livelier Rioja wines. Today, the sizable property consists of over 300 hectares, with 200 hectares planted to Tempranillo. But the winery also dedicates quite a large portion of their land to olive oil production. Their wines are modern, and refined. They follow traditional vinification processes - fermenting their reds in stainless-steel tanks, with malolactic carried out in large Allier oak vats. Their wines are then aged in a mix of new and old oak, mostly of French origin, but also some casks from America and Russia. In just a few years the bodega has assembled a superb reputation, ten of their wines have already been rated above 90 points by Robert Parker. Of their high ranking wines, several are Lealtanza reds, which are in line with the classic Rioja style, but show an obvious presence of fruit that is not overpowered by oak. At the center of the Rioja Alta, the bodega produces some of the most sought after Reservas in the appellation, they are rich, full, and delicious.