VINTAGE 1994

RODA I

Black fruit in a wine with character that maintains the freshness of the fruit.

RODA I is blended with parcels that that year have ripened in a black fruit profile. The deep black fruit, is almost always dominated by the plumb and supported by mineral notes, chocolate and balsamic sensations, that form an ensemble that slowly flows from the furthest side of the glass until it becomes huge in the entrance of the nose. In the mouth, the volume becomes evident, the fruit complexity nicely surrounds the mouth cavity showing the numerous and polished tannins. The wine gets longer making stronger the retro nasal sensation every time we breathe. A fruity and fresh sensation will last, inviting us to continue drinking.

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CLIMATIC CYCLE

A very dry and healthy year. A light frost on the 13th of April. 410 mm. of precipitations in the vine-growing year. A rainfall of 35,6 mm. on the 23rd of September relieved the drought. The grape was recovered with a positive hydration.

TECHNICAL DATA

Production area:

D.O.Ca.Rioja

Variety:

83% Tempranillo and 17% Garnacha

Vineyards:

Bush vines over 30 years old, yields limited to 1,5 kgs per vine.

Harvest:

Hand-picked in 16 kg crates and hand sorted at the winery

Fermentation:

Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in French oak vats followed by malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels

Aging:

In French oak barrels, 1/3 new, 1/3 second use and 1/3 more uses. 24 months in barrel and 12 months in bottle

Stabilisation:

Natural methods

Clarification:

Lyophilized egg white

Alcohol content:

13,5% Vol.

Packaging:

Wooden cases of 6 bottles

Formats:

Bottles of 50cl, 75cl, 1,5l, 3l and 6l.

TASTING

Colour:

High layer with red trim and dark red bottom. Surprisingly young for the vintage, it looks like a wine from the 2000s.

Nose:

Very intense and at the same time deep with a very black character with notes of black plum, cocoa and earth, with a great mineral character and details of tobacco leaves and sweet spices. He came very serious with a very important nose.

Palate:

Voluminous, powerful, it fills the mouth in an impressive way, with very lively black fruit, it is still very young. Plum and cocoa appear very fresh. It is a huge wine.

The aftertaste is very long. It still has a certain austerity but great nobility.

It is a wine that will live many more decades.

Tasting held in Haro on March 29th, 2017

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