Marques de Riscal Baron de Chirel Reserva Rioja

An enormously expressive wine with great aromatic intensity of small, ripe, black fruits (blueberries, blackcurrants, cassis, damsons, cherries in liqueur), graphite and mineral notes from the terroir, liquorice, subtle hints of blue flowers (violets), woodland undergrowth (moss and fallen leaves). Reminiscent of autumn when the leaves fall. Hot spices like cloves and black pepper, cocoa and tobacco, all extremely well defined. A slight touch of leather at first, which disappears when left to breathe. The wood is perfectly integrated.

The Barón de Chirel wine appeared in 1986 as a result of experiments in vinification using a selection of grapes from very old vines, 80 to 110 years old, with very low yields and very high quality. From the results of these trials a new style of wine was born, the precursor of what could be called “new era” Rioja wines.

This wine is produced on a very limited scale, and only in the very best vintages, when it can express all the character of the vineyard, the terroir and the variety, drawn together in a harmonious whole. From the 1995 harvest onwards, Riscal select the grapes for this great wine by hand, with the installation of sorting tables. Riscal was the first winery in Spain to introduce this method, setting a landmark in the production of fine-quality red wines.