Hints and tips:
...Most of the best of these red riojas were made by CVNE, Lopéz de Heredia, La Rioja Alta and Marqués de Riscal, which famously still has copious stocks of its 1945....
...López de Heredia’s whites are aged far longer than most wines today and then released at really very kind prices....
...Yields are so low, oak so old, ageing so protracted that Lazarakis describes him as “one of the most underestimated winemakers in Greece… the Greek equivalent of López de Heredia” (Rioja’s hugely admired...
...In Rioja, the women behind one of the most respected bodegas, López de Heredia, release their Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rosado very late; the current vintages are 2000 and 2008....
...de Heredia, Viña Tondonia Reserva 2005 Rioja £32.50 Berry Bros & Rudd Glorious, fully mature wine long-aged in oak....
...As were Viña Tondonia Reserva 1999 and 1991, whites from arch-traditionalist López de Heredia even more recently....
...Food rosés • L’Anglore 2013 Tavel • Castello di Ama Rosato 2014 Toscana • Domaine de l’Horizon Rosé 2014 Côtes Catalanes • Freeman Vineyards, Rondo Rosé 2015 Hilltops • Lopez de Heredia, Viña Tondonia...
...• Cathy Corison, Napa Valley • Vanya Cullen, Western Australia • Sylvie Esmonin, Burgundy • Elisabetta Foradori, Italy • Anne Gros, Burgundy • Anne-Claude Leflaive of Dom Leflaive, Burgundy • The López...
...Mr Heredia is a confirmed chavista – as followers of Chávez are known....
...Great classic rioja such as Reservas from CVNE, López de Heredia and La Rioja Alta may not be available for a decade....
...Zaha Hadid, meanwhile, has designed an elegant tasting room at the Bodega López de Heredia....
...Pretty fine for a Bourgogne. 13% £18.85 Corney & Barrow, 0207 265 2400, www.corneyandbarrow.com López Heredia, Viña Gravonia 2003 Rioja 100% Viura. Unashamedly oaky nose....
...With the exception of a handful of traditional white riojas that can age superbly (but are arguably a rather minority taste), such as Viña Tondonia from Lopez de Heredia and Marqués de Murrieta’s waxy whites...
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