Marques de Riscal Baron de Chirel 2006
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Riscal has outdone itself with this outstanding seven-year-old wine that leans toward modern but holds onto classic Rioja DNA. The nose is full of tobacco, balsamic accents and has a core of black-fruit flavors. A rich, pure, lightly baked tasting finish is excellent, like the rest of the wine.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2006 Baron de Chirel is a wine that takes us back to the old Cuvee Medoc which was produced by Riscal only in the best years in the mid-1900s (but which apparently were never sold and the winery kept them for themselves!) and contained a high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. This 2006 has 20% Cabernet Sauvignon complementing the Tempranillo and is aged exclusively in French oak barrels for a period of 20 months. It is showing much better than when I tasted it previously, things slowly coming into place with time in bottle. There’s ripe fruit with just a hint of mint and some caramel, good acidity and length. I think this is a great showing for the Chirel 2006.
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Wines of the Herederos de Marqués de Riscal has always been a leading and pioneering company in the wine producing sector. In 1858, it became the first winery in the Rioja to produce wines following the Bordeaux method and in 1972, it was the first winery to promote the Rueda Designation of Origin, where it produced its famous Marqués de Riscal white wines. Marqués de Riscal sells its products in over 70 countries and its wines have enjoyed the highest international distinctions as well as numerous awards and mentions in the media. Showcasing design, art, gastronomy, wine and the lush landscape all combine to create a memorable sojour… The vision of Frank O. Gehry was to create a 21st century château, an icon for one of the oldest wineries in the Rioja region, Vinos de los Herederos de Marqués de Riscal that connect the historic legacy with the modern art and wine nature. The building is a composition of rectilinear prisms that float above the ground by three super columns that support the building. The building rises nine meters above the ground and crosses the underground wine store of Marqués de Riscal to support itself with the three super columns. This allows spectacular views in all levels, to see the vineyards, Elciego, and the mountains of the Sierra de Cantabria as a background. Everything is wrapped in cascades of titanium (Canopies) colored in pink, gold and silver symbolizing the reddish hues of red wine, the mesh of the wine bottle of Marqués de Riscal and the capsule of the bottle
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.