95 Pt. Excelso Gran Reserva Rioja 2012
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
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$19.9995 Pt. Excelso Gran Reserva Rioja 2012
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
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95

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Here's Why You Should Stock Up
- Spanish wine law requires extra barrel and bottle aging for a wine labeled Gran Reserva. Excelso designs its Rioja to open gracefully during this five-year maturation, developing toasted coconut, black currants, and suede aromas.
- For the 2012 growing season, drought helped cull less productive sections of vines, giving more energy to the remaining clusters' taste compounds. This was evident early on, with the young wines exhibiting tightly wound intensity, which refined with time. Maturity has allowed more savory and umami sides to unfold and emerge.
- The unique regional tradition of aging in some combination of French and American oak imparts a vital creamy vanilla accent to the deep black and red berry flavors and an elegant softening to the complex tannins. Excelso decants during this time every six months to facilitate the filtering process.
Here's Why You Should Stock Up
- Spanish wine law requires extra barrel and bottle aging for a wine labeled Gran Reserva. Excelso designs its Rioja to open gracefully during this five-year maturation, developing toasted coconut, black currants, and suede aromas.
- For the 2012 growing season, drought helped cull less productive sections of vines, giving more energy to the remaining clusters' taste compounds. This was evident early on, with the young wines exhibiting tightly wound intensity, which refined with time. Maturity has allowed more savory and umami sides to unfold and emerge.
- The unique regional tradition of aging in some combination of French and American oak imparts a vital creamy vanilla accent to the deep black and red berry flavors and an elegant softening to the complex tannins. Excelso decants during this time every six months to facilitate the filtering process.