Name: Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2017 (750 ml)
Brand: Marques de Murrieta
SKU: MARQUESDEMURRIETATEMPRANILLO
Price: 28.95 USD
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Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2017 (750 ml)

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Tasting Notes For Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2017

Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2017 is a classic Spanish red wine that exudes sophistication and consistency with every sip. This wine is a prime example of the winery's expertise and their estate's distinctive personality. The wine is made from a blend of Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo, and Garnacha grapes that have undergone a meticulous process of selection and aging for 18 months in oak barrels, followed by further aging in the bottle.

This wine pairs impeccably with a variety of gourmet dishes, including grilled and baked scallop with red wine sauce and truffled liquid potato, twice-cooked sea bass with sweet onion, apple, and foie mousse, fine velouté, and roast breast of Mallard duck with crispy potato and borage flower, soft cow's milk cheese, and truffled Brie. The wine's rich, complex, and balanced flavors of red and black fruit, spices, and oak notes make it an ideal accompaniment to an array of exquisite dishes, making it a top choice for any wine connoisseur.

Critic Ratings

James Suckling Review - Rated 95:

Beautifully perfumed with dried flowers, walnuts and violets to the dark berries on the nose. Full-bodied, yet very tight and refined with creamy, chewy tannins that are polished and poised. A lively, finely crafted red. Nice to drink now, but shows excellent potential for the future.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Review - Rated 91:

The red 2017 Rioja Reserva is their flagship wine, of which they produce 900,000 bottles exclusively from grapes from their 300 hectares of estate vineyards. It's a blend of 83% Tempranillo, 9% Graciano, 6% Mazuelo (Cariñena) and 2% Garnacha and has the character of the vintage, ripe and warm but without excess. The varieties fermented separately, even different plots fermented separately, and they also aged in barrel on their own. The blend is done at the end, after 20 months in American oak barrels. 2017 was a challenging year that they still consider a better vintage than 2018, as they see more concentration and power. The wine is quite lactic and creamy, still showing very young. It does feel undeveloped and in need of some time in bottle. The wine has concentration and clout, and I always consider it an ultimate example of an updated classical Reserva from Rioja. 2017 was the earliest harvest (started and finished in September), a warm and dry year when the Ygay estate miraculously escaped the terrible frost that decimated most of Europe. The challenge for this wine was to contain the ripeness and power, and they have done it. This will be released in spring 2021, so it should be a lot more integrated by then. This is always a sure value. Volumes are lower this year.

Wine Enthusiast Review - Rated 90:

Lightly baked and leathery berry aromas are subtle. This wine is racy and clipping on the palate, with popping acidity. Spiced plum and cherry flavors are backed by oaky vanilla prior to a persistent finish with classic Rioja notes of oak, tomato and bright acidity.

Winery	Marques de Murrieta
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Year	2017
Grape Varietal	Tempranillo
Size	750 ML
ABV	14%
Wine Style	Red Wine

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Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva 2017 (750 ml)

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