Marqués de RiscalBaron de Chirel Reserva Rioja
About this product
- TypeTempranillo Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionRioja
- Current Vintage2005* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.0%
- CountrySpain
- Brand NameMarqués de Riscal
- Food MatchCheese
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Andrew Caillard MW
Andrew Caillard MW
Member of the Dan Murphy's Wine Panel and Master Of Wine (MW)
Vintage 2005
96 points
A super-Rioja of sorts, being a blend of the traditional Rioja red varietals with Cabernet Sauvignon. Paul Pontallier, of Chateau Margaux, is the consulting oenologist. A seriously structured classic red with superb dark fruit aromas, finegrained tannins and underlying cedar complexity.
- More about Gary Walsh
Gary Walsh
Australian writer and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2005
95 points The Wine Front
Baron de Chiral is Riscal''s ''High Expression'' wine - which pretty much means a modern style, with plenty of new oak, density and concentration, hand-picking and attention to detail. Lavish oak, yes, but boy is it seductive and high quality, so I don''t mind it at all. Spice, toast, creamy vanilla oak along with rich cherry, a little earth and cola flavours in a medium to full bodied frame. It''s the texture that''s the thing though - a silky flood of ultra-fine tannin that coats the mouth and runs from front to back - a languorous stroke of a wine. Deep and concentrated and ever so sexy. Length is no problem for the Baron either. Hedonism, but not at the expense of good taste.