R. Lopez de Heredia Rioja Rosado Gran Reserva Vina Tondonia - 2010 (750ml) Size:750ml complicated by hints of tobacco

complicated by hints of tobacco and white smoke

It starts out with the scent of a field of lavender

the tannins and acidity are beginning to poke through

inspired by the tropics

Once the herbal infusion has matured and the rest of ingredients has been added

R. Lopez de Heredia Rioja Rosado Gran Reserva Vina Tondonia - 2010 (750ml) Size:750ml complicated by hints of tobacco96 points Robert Parker The 2010 Via Tondonia Rosado Gran Reserva was hitting on all cylinders. It was produced with 60% Garnacho (they use the masculine of the name here), 30% Tempranillo and 10% white Viura from vines averaging 91 years of age. Like all the wines, it fermented with indigenous yeasts (they have never used selected yeasts) in the 142 oak vats they have used since the beginning and then matured in old American oak barrels for four