Description
This iconic wine from La Rioja Alta is their flagship Reserva. The stunning 2010 has just been released and is only the fourth time in its history that it carries the ‘Seleccion Especial’ designation, highlighting the superb quality of the 2010 vintage.
We are offering a special pre-order price of £24 a bottle or £48 per magnum until 18th October, including duty and VAT. The wine is expected to land in November. Whilst drinking now this also offers very good value to those looking to put some away in the cellar.
Offer valid until 18th October 2019.
“2010 was a great vintage in Rioja in general and seems to be exceptional here, with a 2010 Viña Ardanza Selección Especial (what used to be Reserva Especial) that can challenge any of the recent vintages and hopefully can develop in bottle to reach the heights of years like 1973 or 1964. The wine is expressive, aromatic, very elegant and clean, with classical Rioja aromas of long aging in barrel and slow oxidation through the years in wood. The palate is polished and sleek but shows plenty of energy, with very fine, mostly resolved tannins and very good harmony and persistence. There is great complexity, and you could start smelling spice and smoke to move to earthy tones, hints of beef blood, cherries in liqueur, curry, diesel, old furniture and forest floor. A great Viña Ardanza!”
Drink 2019-2035, 95 points, Luis Gutiérrez