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2014 Gran Reserva Viña Arana Gift Box
La Rioja Alta S.A., Rioja Wine Region, Spain
Drinking 2020-2028
Bottle 75cl
Case of 1
Bottle 75cl
Single bottle£35.08
Case of 6 £210.48
Magnum 150cl
Single bottle£70.16
Case of 6 £420.94
Tasting Notes
This has amazing aromatics: sweet blackberry and black cherry fruit with dried herbs, tar and spice, as well as some hints of vanilla and coconut, and sweet tobacco, too. The palate is juicy and supple, but also quite profound, showing cherries, berries, spice, sweet herbs, some cedar and coconut from the oak, and a lovely sense of harmony and precision. It’s a ripe wine, but shows such complexity and focus, with everything pulling in the right direction. I’m just so impressed with this wine: in its style – classical Rioja – it is just about perfect, and is beginning to enter a very long drinking window. So complex and layered and refined.96 points, Dr Jamie Goode, wineanorak.com
Reviews & Scores
“Old-fashioned Rioja at its glorious best”
Tim Atkins MW, Wine of the Week
“One of the most outrageously enjoyable wines I’ve had in months […] Make no mistake, a claret or burgundy of this quality and this maturity would be at least twice the price.”
Johnny Ray, The Spectator
“I’m just so impressed with this wine: in its style – classical Rioja – it is just about perfect”
96 points, Jamie Goode, WineAnorak
“This wine is one of the most rewarding and classically-shaped wines I have tasted from this property in a long while and the fact that bottles only cost £35 makes this release an even more compelling proposition. [… ]It is the epitome of historic Rioja”
Matthew Jukes, Wednesday Wine
“This Vina Arana Gran Reserva 2014 from La Rioja Alta is dynamite […] Hard to think of a wine that offers so much complexity for...
the money"
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Henry Jeffreys (Wine writer for BBC Good Food and The Spectator), Instagram
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