Vina Bosconia Red Rioja Gran Reserva Bodega Lopez Heredia – 2004

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 2004 vintage, this extremely traditional Rioja Gran Reserva was matured for over 10 years in oak barrels before bottling. It was released for sale in late 2023.

“The 2004 Viña Bosconia Gran Reserva is very open, expressive and aromatic right away—as soon as it was poured into the glass—while the Tondonia took time to open up. This has a very elegant nose, and despite having less Garnacha than the Tondonia, it has a more Garnacha nose, a little heady with notes of cherries in liqueur and iodine (think Rayas). It has an elegant texture, very fine tannins and pungent flavors, and it’s persistent and powerful while keeping balance and freshness. The Bosconia Vineyard is a cooler vineyard that delivers fresher wines; the grapes were picked quite late, from the 20th of October, later than the ones from the Tondonia vineyard. Only 6,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2019. Some of these vintages have had a much longer élevage, though not necessarily all in barrel, as the wines also spent time in the ancient oak vats.” 98/100 Wine Advocate