López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Rioja Reserva, 2004 tinta roriz but only show extreme promise

but only show extreme promise to come

Elegant and precise

orange zest

Plenty of strawberry

and dark cherry

López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Rioja Reserva, 2004 tinta roriz but only show extreme promiseThe Tondonia is made of 75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacho, and 10% Graciano and Mazuelo (Ma thoo ello). The harvest is done in September to early October, all done by hand, cutting with a curved knife "corquete", prevents the grape breaking causing fermentation prematurely. The wine is aged 6 years in large American oak barrels handmade by the Lpez de Heredia coopers, racked twice per year and at least 4 years spent in bottle before release. It shows a