Hacienda Lopez de Haro Reserva (75cl, 14.5%)

A Rioja Alta red wine blending Tempranillo and Graciano, bottled unfiltered at 14.5% ABV in a 750ml bottle. The grapes come from old, low-yielding bush vines in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, and the wine spends 20 months in French and American oak barrels before at least two years of bottle ageing. The nose shows ripe plum, black cherry, balsamic spice, cigar box, graphite, vanilla and dark chocolate. The palate is medium-bodied with red berries, plum, sweet tannins and a note of dried orange peel. The finish is moderately long with silky tannins, spice and dark fruit.