Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina Reserva 2008

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2008

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

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Winemaker Notes

Deep ruby red with a tawny rim. An intense nose of balsamic wood and musk against a background of red berries and earthiness. In the mouth it is big, soft and easy to drink but at the same time increasingly tasty and full as the wine opens up. Later, notes of licorice, spices and red fruit emerge. At the back of the mouth its finish is long and persistent.

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    This harmonious red delivers black cherry, mineral, licorice and orange peel flavors, supported by well-integrated tannins and firm acidity. A bit reserved now, but balanced with good depth. Drink now through 2020.
  • 91
    An impressive Rioja, the 2008 Ramírez de la Piscina presents a case of elegance and balance; refined and ready for the dinner table. Deep dark ruby color; bold and ripe in the aroma, fine richness; medium to full bodied, textured; black fruit and oak in the flavors; medium finish. (Tasted: November 6, 2015, San Francisco, CA)

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Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina

Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina

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Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina, Spain
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The name Ramírez de la Piscina traces its lineage back to the Navarra Kings who fought in the First Crusade during the 11th century. In early 1945, Julio Ramírez de la Piscina, followed the tradition inherited from his parents in Ábalos, and continued cultivating the family vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra and began producing traditional Rioja wines. In 1961, Julio moved to Bilbao with his wife Angela and began selling his wine in the old Bodeguilla Riojana in the Plaza del Corazón de María.

In 1973, Bodegas Ramírez was officially founded and began to sell bottled wine under this name. In 1980, the fourth generation of the Ramírez de la Piscina family took over management of the winery, and in 1987, the name was changed to Bodegas Ramírez de la Piscina. The name change honors the family's historic surname, which is an ancient aristocratic Medieval Riojan name, originating from a 12th Century Romanesque church nearby the vineyards called Santa María de la Piscina.

All of the vineyards are estate owned and the vast majority of the plantings are Tempranillo on high density trellis. The oldest Tempranillo vineyards are head trained, and the family owns a few small plants of Garnacha, Viura, and Malvasia, that are used for the Rosado and Blanco. Ramirez de la Piscina champions the tradition of ageing classified, traditional styled Rioja.

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Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.

Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.

HNYBRZPRV08C_2008 Item# 142086

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