Bodegas Obalo Rioja Reserva 2015

Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain

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Product Details

Varietal

Tempranillo

Region

Rioja, Spain

Producer

Bodegas Obalo

Vintage

2015

Size

750ML

ABV

14.5%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Bright violet. Intensely perfumed bouquet displays blackberry, violet, dark chocolate, anise and tobacco. It shows ripe yet fresh dark berry and cherry flavours along with a firm mineral backbone. It has a vibrant finish that is focused and lingering with floral and spicy qualities.

Professional Ratings

91 Wine Spectator
This deep red has good grip yet remains balanced, with firm, well-integrated tannins and balsamic acidity supporting plum, licorice, black olive and smoky flavors. Drink now through 2030.
91 Wine Enthusiast
Ripe berry aromas come with notes of licorice root, dark chocolate and baking spices. The palate on this warm-year reserva is packed with jammy weight and smooth tannins, while this tastes of blackberry, prune and toasty oak. Apropos for a ripe Tempranillo, this is full on the finish.

Bodegas Obalo

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This young winery has only put a few of its vintages on the market. It is located in the village of Ábalos, which forms part of the municipality of Sonsierra in La Rioja. This region divides, like an arrowhead, what is known as the Alavese Rioja. Here the vineyards can take advantage of the protection of the natural barrier posed by the Sierra Cantabria, which is a wall that shields against the cold and humid north winds. From the winery, which has the necessary technology to make quality wines, one can see a landscape of soft undulations that carry down to the banks of the River Ebro, with a multitude of small estates dispersed amongst the hills and mounds, where the vine is forced to offer the best it can of itself.

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Rioja Tempranillo

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Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.

Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.

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