R. Lopez de Heredia Rioja White Vina Gravonia Crianza 2004

  • 94 Robert
    Parker
Sold Out - was $27.99
OFFER 10% off your order of $99+
Ships Mon, Mar 25
You purchased this 4/15/20
0
Limit Reached
You purchased this 4/15/20
Alert me about new vintages and availability
R. Lopez de Heredia Rioja White Vina Gravonia Crianza 2004 Front Label
R. Lopez de Heredia Rioja White Vina Gravonia Crianza 2004 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2004

Size
750ML

ABV
12.5%

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The Vina Gravonia displays pale gold appearance in the glass with a complex and developed nose of fresh, slightly sweet aromas. On the palate, the wine has great, balance acid and is balanced by complex flavors of citrus fruit and refreshing minerality.

Perfect with all kind of fish, no matter the way cooked. Grilled seafood. Well seasoned white meat. Also very nice with pasta.

Professional Ratings

  • 94
    The 2004 Vina Gravonia Blanco is pure Viura from a vineyard named after the white wines from Graves in Bordeaux, which Don Rafael Lopez de Heredia y Landeta, founder of the winery, admired. It is aged for four years in used barrels, racked every six months and bottled after being fined with egg whites. 40,000 bottles were produced in the great 2004 vintage. It has a bright, shiny (almost fluorescent!) yellow color and a fresh nose of citric fruit (pink grapefruit), fennel, dried flowers, chamomile, beeswax and hints of mushrooms. The palate has superb acidity, which gives it incredible freshness with great delineation and purity of flavors finishing very dry with a mineral, almost saline note. It invites you to have another bottle! This wine is labeled Crianza, but the aging times (and the quality) greatly exceed the requirements for the category. It’s sold almost a decade after the vintage year, so I still consider it a real bargain. Delicious now, but it should age with style.

Other Vintages

2015
  • 95 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
2014
  • 95 James
    Suckling
  • 95 Robert
    Parker
2013
  • 96 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
2012
  • 95 Robert
    Parker
  • 94 James
    Suckling
2011
  • 95 James
    Suckling
2010
  • 95 Robert
    Parker
  • 95 James
    Suckling
2009
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Wine
    Spectator
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
2008
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
2006
  • 94 Robert
    Parker
2005
  • 94 Wine &
    Spirits
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
R. Lopez de Heredia

R. Lopez de Heredia

View all products
R. Lopez de Heredia, Spain
R. Lopez de Heredia R. Lopez de Heredia Winery Image

It all started in the middle of the nineteenth century when French negociants visited the Rioja region to find alternative sources of quality grapes to transform into wine, since the phylloxera epidemic had decimated their vineyards. Our founder, Don Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta, a knowledgeable and enthusiastic student in the art of wine making, followed closely in their footsteps.

Don Rafael fell in love with the region and especially the area around Haro, the mythical capital of the Rioja Alta region. He observed that there was a magical combination of soil and climate that would offer the perfect environment for producing wine that would eventually become world famous. Around 1877 he began the design and construction of the complex that is today known as the López de Heredia bodega (winery), the oldest in Haro and one of the first three houses in the Rioja region.

For over a century our emotions have been rooted in our love and passion for this land and its harvest. We cherish our heritage, and this combination of love and the rigorous quality standards we apply, have become our trademark and remains our maxim for today and the future.

Bodegas López de Heredia stands out as one of the few family-run bodegas regulated by the Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja - DOC (Appellation region).

Image for White Wine Blends content section
View all products

With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.

Image for Rioja Wine content section
View all products

Highly regarded for distinctive and age-worthy red wines, Rioja is Spain’s most celebrated wine region. Made up of three different sub-regions of varying elevation: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental. Wines are typically a blend of fruit from all three, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta, at the highest elevation, is 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 and higher alcohol, which can add great body and richness to a blend.

Fresh and fruity Rioja wines labeled, Joven, (meaning young) see minimal aging before release, but more serious Rioja wines undergo multiple years in oak. Crianza and Reserva styles are aged for one year in oak, and Gran Reserva at least two, but in practice this maturation period is often quite a bit longer—up to about fifteen years.

Tempranillo provides the backbone of Rioja red wines, adding complex notes of red and black fruit, leather, toast and tobacco, while Garnacha supplies body. In smaller percentages, Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan) often serve as “seasoning” with additional flavors and aromas. These same varieties are responsible for flavorful dry rosés.

White wines, typically balancing freshness with complexity, are made mostly from crisp, fresh Viura. Some whites are blends of Viura with aromatic Malvasia, and then barrel fermented and aged to make a more ample, richer style of white.

WVWLH1086_2004 Item# 128967

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""