Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The bottle of the 2016 La Vicalanda Reserva (and the 2017 Viña Zaco) was so huge and heavy that I initially thought they had sent me a magnum but later discovered that it was a regular bottle, just ridiculously oversized. But what I found inside was much more proportioned, despite being a little ripe at 15% alcohol and showing some generous oak; it spent two years in small barrels, 70% of them new, when I see much more moderate oaking in other wines, even going back to larger foudres in many cases. But it is balanced in its XL way. 5,000 bottles were filled in January 2019.
Features
Type of wine
Reserve Red
Pairings
Cured Cheese, Iberian cured meats, Red Meat, Game food
Style
Powerful and structured
Occasions
Business Lunch
Winery
Bodegas Bilbainas
Size
75 cl.
Country
Spain
Region
Rioja
Appellation
Rioja
Alcohol
14.0%
Grapes
Tempranillo
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 14 months in French oak barrels. Finally it stays a minimum of 2 years on bottle before commercialization.













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