R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2011 1.5L Bodegas Lustau dry flowers and Mediterranean herbs

dry flowers and Mediterranean herbs

Wafting from the glass with a toasty bouquet of citrus oil

This pretty wine delivers dark cherry

this deeply concentrated Chardonnay exhibits a masterful balance of pure

R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2011 1.5L Bodegas Lustau dry flowers and Mediterranean herbsA 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 Lpez de Heredia reds tasted this session. 95 Pts James Suckling