{"product_id":"vina-tondonia-blanco-gran-reserva-2004","title":"Vina Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva 2004","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\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 points: Robert Parker:\u003c\/strong\u003e '\u003cem\u003eI was very much looking forward to the 2004 Viña Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva, the next vintage of this wine after the spectacular 2001. 2004 was a perfect climate year. This is a developed white that was matured in well-seasoned, neutral American oak barrels for 10 years in their old caves, where the wine gets pungent aromas of mushrooms, pollen, beeswax, white pepper, kerosene, cereals and something herbal (celery and even asparagus) that reminded me of the 1964. The palate is velvety and dry and super tasty, with a salty twist in the finish. It's still a baby even after years in bottle. This should age superbly in bottle. I think this is slightly better than the 2001, one of the freshest and most elegant vintages for this bottling. Bravo! 10,000 bottles were filled in November 2018. Before and after aging in barrel, the Gran Reserva wines also spend some time in oak vats\u003c\/em\u003e'.\u003c\/span\u003e\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":55832658936193,"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","url":"https:\/\/www.thenudewineco.ie\/products\/vina-tondonia-blanco-gran-reserva-2004","provider":"The Nude Wine Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}