Winemaker Notes
Beronia Reserva is made from a selection of the best grapes from the oldest Tempranillo, Graciano and Mazuelo vineyards. After a slow and careful controlled fermentation with periodic pumping over to extract the desired color and aromas, it remains for 18 months in mixed American and French oak barrels, achieving a slow and harmonious evolution. It completes its ageing for another 18 months in the bottle before being released to the market.
Of an intense picota cherry color. Complex nose with aromas of black fruits, where blackberry stands out, and great harmony of spices such as cinnamon. Sweet, with a sweet and round tannin that blends well the acidic fruit with the wood. It is fresh, structured, with great complexity and a long aftertaste.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Subtle sweet spices and vanilla complement the red berries, plums and citrus. It has a medium body, with linear, firm tannins and a long, juicy finish. Balance is key here.
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Vinous
The 2020 Reserva Beronia is 95% Tempranillo, 4% Mazuelo and 1% Graciano from Ollauri. Aged up to 18 months in barrels, it presents aromas of sandalwood, vanilla and ripe red and black fruit. Medium-bodied, with plush tannins and sparky freshness, the balanced finish tapers off with oak and chalky flavors. The 2020 is clean and well crafted.
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Wine Spectator
A harmonious version, with a deep underpinning of smoke and warm spices buoying concentrated flavors of cassis and baked cherry fruit, tea rose, thyme and licorice. The sculpted tannins are finely integrated, providing a limber yet structured feel to the lingering, spiced finish. Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano. Drink now through 2030. 50,000 cases made, 3,500 cases imported.
Beronia: Rooted in Friendship
Beronia was founded in 1973 by a group of friends who had a mission to create great wines to complement their culinary creations. The flagship winery, one of the most sustainable in Europe, is located in La Rioja, one of the most important wine regions in Spain. The second winery, solely dedicated to the production of verdejo is located in Rueda, the home of this Spanish variety.
Beronia Rioja is located in the Rioja Alta village of Ollauri, where the River Ebro and Cantabrian mountains shape the land. Rooted in the region, the winery pays tribute to Los Berones, a celtic tribe who inhabited the region in 3rd Century BC, the origins of Rioja. Privileged to be part of two iconic Spanish wine regions, Rioja and Rueda, Beronia is committed to sustainability and finding the perfect balance between honoring local winemaking traditions while pioneering advance modern techniques to make the very best wines the land can produce.
Created by friends who loved food and wine, Beronia remains rooted in friendship, striving to bring people together around the table to enjoy good food, good wine and most importantly good company.
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.