Vina Bosconia Red Rioja Gran Reserva Bodega Lopez Heredia – 2001

Please note that we receive tiny allocations of this wine so we can only offer 1 bottle per customer.

Vina Bosconia comes from one of the Lopez De Heredia family’s three single vineyards in Rioja Alta, just outside the town of Haro.

This wine is a blend of 80% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha and the remainder Mazuelo and Graciano.

Coming from the excellent 2001 vintage, this ultra-traditional Rioja Gran Reserva was matured for over 10 years in oak barrels before bottling. It was released for sale in late 2023.

“The 2001 Viña Bosconia Gran Reserva fits the profile of the wine, a little riper (is it Garnacha?) with heady aromas and a touch of rusticity. 2001 saw good yields of very healthy grapes. They started picking the reds the 15th of October, and the last grapes were picked the 29th of October with good weather. The grapes ripened properly and thoroughly, and the wine has great balance for a long aging in bottle. This is 80% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacho and the rest Graciano and Mazuelo that fermented in their 153-year-old oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in used barrels for 10 years. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 6.5 grams of acidity (tartaric). As the wine sat in the glass (even overnight), it became finer and subtler. 5,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2012.” 96/100pts Wine Advocate