VINTAGE 2018

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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PARKER

JAMES SUCKLING

TIM ATKIN

CLIMATIC CYCLE

The meteorological vintage began with a very dry autumn and the reservoirs practically empty. December gave a change with rains and for “Reyes” (January 6th) it rained and snowed causing a circulatory chaos in some roads. Winter ends being very cold and with swamps to overflowing.

Sprouting arrives somewhat delayed and with more than 280 mm. of rainfall since January.

Spring was very cold and rainy.

Flowering was late, the most delayed in recent years.

July came with heavy storms and hailstorms. On the 8th the hail affected a good part of our vineyards in Villalba, Briñas, Haro and Gimileo.

Mildew attacks developed mainly in Rioja Media and Alavesa.

August was dry with some hot spots and cool nights. The veraison was also late.

Cluster mildew appeared, especially on faces affected by hail. The floors were very wet, and it was difficult treating them.

Wood diseases appeared more virulent than usual.

It was a year of abundant harvest in the D.O. although it was not the case of the RODA vineyards that had lost part of their production due to hail in July.

In September there were storms with rains that caused botrytis. Stunning pictures of Logroño flooded during the festivity of San Mateo.

At the end of September, the temperatures were very high. The harvest was also late. It began in the last days of September and ended on October 23rd.

668 mm. were collected during the vegetative cycle, making the 2018 vintage the second rainiest in the history of Roda, after 1992. It has been one of the most complicated years meteorologically.

TECHNICAL DATA

Production area:

D.O.Ca.Rioja

Variety:

92% Tempranillo, 6% Graciano and 2% 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 50% brand new and 50% second use, French oak barrels. 16 months in barrel and 20 months cellaring in bottle

Stabilisation:

Natural methods

Clarification:

Lyophilized egg white

Alcohol content:

14% Vol.

Packaging:

Wooden cases of 6 bottles

Formats:

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

TASTING

Colour:

Deep and vivid red with a red rim. Less covered than other warmer and drier vintages.

Nose:

It is intense with perfectly integrated oak that leaves details of elegance. The fruity sensation is black and red at the same time, reminiscent of plums and fresh cherries.

There are sweet fine spices in the range of cinnamon and cloves. The nose is finished off with the freshness of humid earth on rainy days.

Palate:

It has medium and continuous volume, without troughs and highlights the freshness. There is a lot of fruit in the mouth and the cherry stands out over the plum. It brings back the memory of the part of the fruit that is next to the bone.

Fresh and enveloping at the same time, with fine and lively tannins that mark a line of nerve in the wine. It has the length of the Atlantic vintages in which freshness is maintained and liveliness is present. It will be a long-aged wine that will refine its details even more in the bottle.

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