2019 Rioja Gran Reserva, Bodegas Ondarre Great Wines rooted near the Serra da

rooted near the Serra da Estrela and closely woven into the story of the region itself

while twelve months in large French oak foudres brings texture without blurring the wine’s edges

bringing out savoury notes of mushroom broth

generous reds

The dried grapes were added later

2019 Rioja Gran Reserva, Bodegas Ondarre Great Wines rooted near the Serra daThe Velvet Hour in Rioja Bodegas Ondarre makes exceptional value Rioja it amazes us every time we drink their wines, how they can make wines of quality for these prices! This is Rioja with its jacket off, fire lit and stories ready. Warm, generous and beautifully mellow, it opens with red cherry, baked plum and dried fig, then drifts into vanilla, cedar, tobacco, leather and sweet spice. There is that unmistakable Gran Reserva calm here, the sense of