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2015 Finca Allende Rioja Gaminde

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2015 Finca Allende Rioja Gaminde

RATINGS

94Vinous / IWC

Powerful, deeply perfumed scents of ripe red/blue fruits, potpourri and incense, along with oak spice, vanilla and smoky mineral accents. Sweet and broad on the palate, offering plush black raspberry, cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavors that are enlivened by a core of juicy acidity and a jolt of peppery spices. Finishes sweet and impressively long, showing outstanding clarity and velvety tannins that blend harmoniously with the wine's sappy fruit.

94Wine Enthusiast

This wine's blueberry and cassis aromas are accented by wet clay notes... Offering deep blackberry and dark chocolate flavors, it finishes with melting tannins and a lasting note of burnt wood.

92The Wine Advocate

This comes from red soils with clay, soils that tend to deliver more fruit-forward wines, a little baroque, juicy and tasty. It's quite fruit-driven, with glossy tannins, balsamic with more volume. A showy, ripe, modern Rioja with some lactic hints.

92Wine Spectator

This red is ripe and concentrated. Bold fruit flavors of blackberry and currant mingle with cocoa, toast and licorice notes, giving this a jammy character that stays lively thanks to sweet-tart acidity. Well-integrated tannins keep this sturdy. In the modern style.

90James Suckling

Very ripe and rich with an essence-like nose that leads to saturated dark-plum and cherry-liqueur flavors on the palate. Easy, smooth style here.

PRODUCER

Finca Allende

Finca Allende was founded in 1995 in Briones, in Spain’s Rioja appellation. Owned and operated by Miguel Angel de Gregorio and his sister Mercedes, Finca Allende has 55 acres of vineyards. They also buy grapes from local growers. The estate’s signature wines are its Riojas made primarily of Tempranillo, though some blends also include small amounts of Garnacha and Graciano. Recently Finca Allende has also made white wines using a blend of Viura and Malvaisa grapes.

REGION

Spain, Rioja

Rioja Demoninación de Origine Calificada is Spain’s most important wine region. Located in northern Spain, it comprises 135,000 vineyard acres and was the first official appellation in Spain, earning its official DO status in 1926. In 1991 it became Spain’s first DOCa, Spain’s most prestigious appellation category. The DOCa is divided into three subzones: La Rioja Alavesa in the northeast; La Rioja Alta in the southwest; and La Rioja Baja in the east. About 75 percent of Rioja wines are reds, with Tempranillo the predominant grape. Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, a spicy, high-acidity red grape, are also allowed. White wines are made from Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca and Malvasia. Wines were made in this region well before the Romans arrived, though the Romans then the medieval monks refined vineyard management and wine production. In the 19th century French families migrated to Rioja after phylloxera wiped out their vineyards, and the French helped establish the tradition of wine blends, still part of Rioja winemaking. According to the rules for the appellation, a wine labelled a simple Rioja can spend less than a year in an oak aging barrel. A Criziana is aged for at least two years, one in oak. Rioja Reserva is aged at least three years, with at least one in oak. A Rioja Gran Reserva must be aged at least five years, with two years in oak.

TYPE

Red Wine, Tempranillo

Think leather and cherries together for Tempranillo wines. This wine looks lighter than it is. It can be medium or full bodied, but its thin-skinned, big grapes, give it a more transparent appearance. It is grown in Spain, Portugal, the U.S. and Australia.