Granja Nuestra Senora de Remelluri 'Remelluri' Reserva 2015

Granja Nuestra Senora de Remelluri 'Remelluri' Reserva 2015

Rioja SKU: HAWremelluriRES15

Granja Nuestra Senora de Remelluri 'Remelluri' Reserva 2015

Rioja SKU: HAWremelluriRES15
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Remelluri Reserva 2015


94 points Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
The estate red 2015 Reserva was produced with Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano from their 86 hectares of vineyards. It's from an early harvest after a warm and dry year that achieved perfect ripeness with some rain at the end of the cycle. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and oak vats and matured in barrel for 21 months. It combines youth with development, power with elegance and comes through as clean and defined, with a medium to full-bodied palate, focused flavors and a dry but lively finish. 259,400 bottles produced. It was bottled in April and May 2018.

Remelluri is one of the world’s most timeless and iconic wine-producing landscapes. Remelluri Reserva is the original wine from Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri, sourced from their most important vineyards consisting of 148 plots on 25 sites of the property. Only indigenous varieties are used, planted from 1918 until today, averaging 40 years old. The blend consists primarily of goblet-trained tempranillo, garnacha, and graciano varieties with an average yield of 27hl/ha—organic farming, low intervention, unfiltered, and minimal sulfur at bottling.

This 2009 Reserva is a direct, authentic cellar release of guaranteed provenance, stored under optimal conditions at Remelluri in Labastida, Rioja, until refrigerated shipment to the US in the autumn of 2023. It was selected by Remelluri owner and winemaker Telmo Rodríguez for the exceptional nature of the vintage and beautiful evolution of the wine, offering a fully-cellared Reserva expression from Remelluri to the market. While the 2009 vintage has recently entered into its ideal drinking window, it will undoubtedly repay additional cellar time, offering enjoyment for a decade or more to come. De Maison Selections verifies refrigerated shipping and storage conditions throughout the wine’s journey to local merchants. Proper temperature and shipping conditions are essential factors in the enjoyment of well-cellared wines. The 2009 Remelluri Reserva cellar release is extremely limited in quantity.

Vinification – All of the grapes are hand-selected for quality in the vineyard in small baskets. Grapes are destemmed, crushed, and the must is fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks and old, open-top foudres. It was then aged 24 months in foudres and barrels of various sizes and origin, fined with gelatin before bottling, followed by 12 years of bottle aging in the Remelluri cellar. Made with low intervention, unfiltered, and very minimal sulfur at bottling.

  • Site: Villaescusa, Valderemelluri, El Fustal, El Rincón, Vadegarú, Cisqueros, Ruancho, and Valpardillo at 480-900m in the villages of San Vicente and Labastida

  • Grapes: Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano

  • Vine Age: Vines planted from 1930 to 1989

  • Soil: Clay calcareous, limestone, bedrock, and stone

  • Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in stainless steel and foudres

  • Aging: 16 months in barrels of various sizes and origin, bottled April 2011, followed by 12 years (and counting) in bottle

  • Farming: Organic

  • Vegan: Yes

  • Suggested Price: $90.00 (750mL)

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