{"title":"Vina Tondonia Wines","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rafael-lopez-de-heredia-vina-tondonia-gran-reserva-2001","title":"Rafael Lopez de Heredia, Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva 2004","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cp__highlight\"\u003e98 points - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate '... This is 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho and 5% each Graciano and Mazuelo that fermented in their 153-year-old oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in used barrels for 10 years. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 6.4 grams of acidity (tartaric). The nose shows young (tasting it blind, you'd guess a 10-year old wine, not a 20-year-old wine!). It has a nose of sweet spices, underbrush and cigar ash, somewhat balsamic, bramble fruit with perfect ripeness, integrated and young but starting to show some tertiary complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cp__highlight\"\u003eThe palate is velvety and medium-bodied, with fine-grained, chalky tannins denoting a limestone soil that brings finesse and texture and a sapid, tasty, almost salty finish. This is going to make a beautiful bottle of old Rioja in 30 years' time! 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled after being fined with egg whites in July 2012. The Gran Reserva wines from López de Heredia come back to the market with the heralded 2001 vintage. Otherwise, when I asked them about news, the answer was \"We continue making Viña Tondonia as we have always done.\" Basically, they are against change... From their 170 hectares of vineyards, 124 are currently in production, from which they produce around 400,000 bottles. They are the most traditional among Rioja traditionalists'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Nude Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42037027733564,"sku":"Not Assigned","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/2727\/7116\/files\/Rafael_Lopez_de_Heredia_Vina_Tondonia_Gran_Reserva_2001_cfd8d2ee-894c-4190-97c3-7f4a0f0a5c36.svg?v=1721759339"},{"product_id":"vina-tondonia-rioja-reserva-2012","title":"Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully refined Rioja, aged for six and a half years in French oak barrels, showing a fresh and delicate nose with subtle hints of vanilla and smoky, earthy notes. The palate is a real treat—aromatic and layered, with a silky smooth texture and perfectly balanced tannins. You'll pick up juicy flavors of ripe blackberry, cassis, and cherry, complemented by a touch of damson plum. The oak influence is subtle but brings in lovely hints of tobacco, black pepper, and soft leather, leading to a long, satisfying finish. It’s drinking beautifully now and has great potential for further ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95\/100 Wine Advocate Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The 2012 Viña Tondonia Reserva comes from a very dry year, with 25% less rain than the average (at the time), resulting in lower yields of very healthy grapes that delivered wines with nice balance between alcohol and polyphenols, making it very apt for the aging in barrel. It had a slightly longer élevage in barrel, six years. The wine is aromatic with a developed profile, spicy and tertiary (forest floor, a touch of brick dust and iodine), complex and nuanced. The palate is full and round, with polished tannins and a long, dry finish. It has a textbook Tondonia nose and profile\"  Luis Gutierrez Wine Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vinostito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615709127041,"sku":"D-1-1","price":53.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/2727\/7116\/files\/VinaTondoniaRiojaReserva.png?v=1757601432"},{"product_id":"vina-tondonia-blanco-gran-reserva","title":"Vina Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva","description":"\u003cp\u003eVina Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva is one of the world’s great traditional white wines and a bottle that completely rewrites expectations of aged white Rioja. Deep golden in colour, the wine is layered with preserved lemon, beeswax, toasted nuts, dried citrus peel and subtle savoury spice, all carried by remarkable freshness and precision. The texture is rich, silky and endlessly complex, yet the wine still feels alive and energetic thanks to its natural acidity and incredibly slow evolution in barrel and bottle. This is a white wine built for contemplation, where every glass reveals another layer of detail, texture and nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1877, Lopez de Heredia is one of the most historic and revered wineries in Rioja, with its famous Tondonia cellars built beside Haro’s original railway station during the great expansion of Rioja wine exports. The sandstone winery buildings and ancient oak barrels remain preserved much as they were over 150 years ago, with some of the oak still maintained and repaired rather than replaced, creating a style that is impossible to replicate elsewhere. The estate works with just four vineyards located within four kilometres of Haro, which is why the winery only produces four core labels, each deeply tied to place and history. Every grape is hand harvested using traditional comporta baskets, fermented with natural wild yeasts and handled with extraordinary patience, preserving a style of Rioja that feels increasingly rare in the modern wine world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinostito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55730285904257,"sku":"Not Assigned","price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/2727\/7116\/files\/VinaTondoniaBlancoGranReserva_2.png?v=1780047441"},{"product_id":"vina-tondonia-rioja-reserva-375ml","title":"Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva 375ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eVina Tondonia Rioja Reserva is a masterclass in traditional Rioja and one of the most iconic mature red wines in Spain. Silky, savoury and beautifully evolved, the wine opens with layers of dried cherry, tobacco leaf, cedar, leather, spice and earthy forest notes, all wrapped around a core of vibrant acidity that keeps the palate remarkably fresh. Time has softened the tannins into an elegant, seamless texture, while the long ageing process gives the wine incredible complexity without ever feeling heavy. This is the kind of Rioja that quietly unfolds over an evening, showing finesse, subtlety and extraordinary balance with every glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1877, Lopez de Heredia is one of the most historic and revered wineries in Rioja, with its famous Tondonia cellars built beside Haro’s original railway station during the great expansion of Rioja wine exports. The sandstone winery buildings and ancient oak barrels remain preserved much as they were over 150 years ago, with some of the oak still maintained and repaired rather than replaced, creating a style that is impossible to replicate elsewhere. The estate works with just four vineyards located within four kilometres of Haro, which is why the winery only produces four core labels, each deeply tied to place and history. 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