Details
- Type: Red
- Country: Spain
- Region: Rioja
- Vintage: 2012
- Producer: Viña Real
- Primary grape: Tempranillo
- Secondary grape: Graciano
- Bottle size: 75cl
- List price: £21.48
- Code: 24674
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Awards:
- 2013, Bronze Decanter World Wine Awards 2019
- 2012, Silver International Wine Challenge 2019
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Expression
Oaked, intense, concentrated reds
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Full-flavoured and mature cheeses e.g. Cheddar, Cheshire, Edam, Gouda. Manchego, parmesan, Pont l’Évêque
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Bay leaf, black pepper, chives, mint, nutmeg, rosemary, thyme
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Grilled, roasted, seared, braised game: boar, duck, grouse, pheasant, venison. Beef, lamb
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Full-flavoured cream- or cheese-based sauces e.g. parmesan. Intense wild mushroom, casserole or jus sauces
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Some good combinations are possible with spicy foods but careful experimentation is required
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Usually vegetables will be supporting a full-flavoured meat or dominating sauce. Hearty lentil dishes. Rich, wild mushroom dishes
About the Wine
This enjoyable red Wine by Viña Real is crafted in Rioja. Available in 75cl bottles, imported by Hatch Mansfield. Rioja Gran Reserva, Viña Real is a delicious wine, made with Tempranillo and Graciano grapes. This wine has a cork closure and, like many wines on our list, this wine is suitable for vegan diets. Mature, full-bodied Rioja is superb with roast or grilled lamb and beef, as well as autumnal dishes based around mushrooms or flavoursome wild game.
Tempranillo
Temp-rah-NEEL-yo
The grape behind Rioja and widely planted in Spain in general. Tempranillo lends itself to significant oak ageing, it tastes of ripe
strawberry, autumnal, baked, berry fruit with sweet Christmas spices.
Flavours:
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Cherry
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Fig
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Mushroom
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Sweet Tobacco
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Violet
Graciano
gra-hee-ah-noh
Flavours:
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Cherry
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Chocolate
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Minerals
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Violet
The Country
Spain
Spain has a huge number of unusual and captivating regions aside from the beautiful Rioja. Whilst tradition remains, some producers are really pushing boundaries making Spain one country to keep coming back to.
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