ORBEN - Rioja - 2017

ORBEN

Rioja 2017

- 93 points -

It takes guts to grow Tempranillo at 700 metres in the Rioja Alavesa, but that's the altitude of the vineyard that supplies the grapes for this 50% new French oak-aged red from Laguardia. Peppery, dense and quite firm, with some chalky minerality, lots of freshness and bite and the tannic backbone and fruit weight to age.

Tim Atkin MW, February 2020


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