Scarce in quantity but exceptional in quality. Comparable, according to the winery itself, to the legendary 1964 vintage. The good temperatures favoured the development of the fruit with an excellent state of health which, together with the small size of the berries, made it possible to produce wines with great colour intensity and aromatic complexity, ideal for long ageing.
\nGarnacha de la Rioja Baja also offered good colour, with very typical varietal aromas and balanced structure, auguring a singular quality.<\/p>\n
Composition and Vineyards
\n80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. The 30 year old Vi\u00f1a Ardanza estate is located in Fuenmayor, in the Rioja Alta area, where the Tempranillo comes from.<\/p>\n
The Garnacha is from Rioja Baja. The Tempranillo grapes (80%) come from our 30 year old estates La Cuesta and Montecillo, located in Fuenmayor and Cenicero and the Garnacha (20%) comes from La Pedriza in Tudelilla (Rioja Baja) at 550 m above sea level.<\/p>\n
This 67-hectare estate has unbeatable conditions for growing this variety and is planted on very poor soil covered with boulders which, with low yields (less than 5,000 kg\/ha), gives us a grape of great varietal typicity, very rich in aromas and with a pleasant, fine structure.
\nWinemaking
\nAlcoholic fermentation was carried out in stainless steel tanks for 14 days. Malolactic fermentation was completed in 21 days. After racking, the wines were transferred to oak barrels in March 2002, where they remained for 36 months in 3 year old American oak, being manually racked 6 times. In September 2005 it was bottled.
\nTasting Notes
\nCherry red colour, clean and bright. Medium-high robe, with an incipient iodine tinge at the rim of the glass. Intense, spicy and balsamic aromas of coconut, vanilla, cinnamon and menthol chocolate, enveloping delicate notes of dried fruits of undergrowth.<\/p>\n
With a refined bouquet full of complexity that brings us closer to the legendary vintages of this brand, especially the 1964. On the palate it is structured, balanced, with silky and enveloping tannins. Comparable to all intents and purposes with the legendary Vega Sicilia Gran Reserva 1960.<\/p>\n
The finish is a pleasant and sophisticated aftertaste, which fills the mouth with everlasting sensations that the passage of time will help to enhance and round off.<\/p>\n
It goes particularly well with roast lamb, vine-shoot chops, powerful Iberian cured meats, game, fish in sauce and smoked and cured cheeses.
\nOnly the 1964 and 1973 vintages of Vi\u00f1a Ardanza had merited the internal classification of Reserva Especial.<\/p>\n
This 2001 vintage, which will be remembered for many years to come, is also worthy of this distinction. To celebrate it, it is offered with a new presentation (label, collar and capsule), more modern and maintaining all the Vi\u00f1a Ardanza spirit.<\/p>\n
La Rioja Alta defines the 2001 vintage as one of the best of the 21st century. It is not surprising then that this Vi\u00f1a Ardanza Reserva Especial 2001 is classified as “Selecci\u00f3n Especial”, something that only three other Vi\u00f1a Ardanza vintages have achieved, in 1964, 1973 and 2010.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f1a Ardanza Reserva Especial 2001 is therefore an exceptional wine. In every sense of the word. It is silky and balanced, well-structured, fresh and with elegant tannins.
\nThe great work behind it only further enhances and improves its innate characteristics. Made from two types of grapes, Tempranillo and Garnacha, aged separately.
\nD.O. RIOJA.
\nVintage: EXCELLENT TOP (99 POINTS) 95 Parker 94Wine Spectator 94Pe\u00f1\u00edn 96+ James Suckling<\/p>\n
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