López Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 375mL (2011)

Rioja Alta, Rioja, Spain

Varietal(s): 75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacho, 10% Graciano and Manzuelo

A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange zest. This is juicy and still tight, with firm but savory tannins. Medium-weight and quite zesty in texture, as is the case with the other López de Heredia reds tasted this session. Drink now or hold.

95pts. James Suckling