Marques de Tomares Rioja Riserva 2017

A Centenaria Rioja winery respecting traditions in cellar aging their wines. With a family grape growing history since 1886, Don Román Montaña founded the winery Marqués de Tomares in 1910, and it is still operated by his grandchildren who continue to maintain the wineries tradition both in the winery and in the estate’s vineyards.

With nearly 106 hectares of family-owned vineyards, many of which more than 100 years old, spotted throughout Rioja Alta in Haro, Fuenmayor and the surrounding areas, careful viticulture and longtime partnerships with local farmers lend to the precise identity of Marqués de Tomares.

Grape Varietals & Region: 80% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, 7% Mazuelo, 3% Viura from 60 year old vineyards, grown on clayey-calcareous soils. 

Taste Profile: Red ruby colour. Clean, intense and shiny. Complex and aromatic nose with black fruit, vanilla, chocolate and mineral due to its terroir. Well structured, fresh, long, tasty and unctuous. Excellence in mouth. Fruit and wood well assembled.

Winemaking Process: Hand harvested. 100% destemmed grapes, with fermentation in stainless steel tanks. 18 months in French oak barrels.