Marques de MurrietaCastillo Ygay Gran Reserva Rioja
Dry, Full Bodied style of Tempranillo Blend
Rioja, Spain
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of Tempranillo BlendRioja, Spain
- TypeTempranillo Blend
- Size750ML
- RegionRioja
- Current Vintage2009* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Alcohol Volume14%
- CountrySpain
- Brand NameMarques de Murrieta
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Mike Bennie
Mike Bennie
Australian writer, judge, presenter and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2005
94+ points The Wine Front
Gosh, this is good. GW said for the 2004 that wood was the forte, and again it is here, but as sweet and beautiful as a vessel interfering with grapes can be. Dense perfume of nougat, cedar, vanilla and malt. To taste, succulent fruit, so youthful now, deep and dense, spicy and utterly seductive in sheets of satin-inlayed texture and comely cedary-sweet wood. So long in flavour too. It’s a glorious wine of ultimate immersion in wood and fruit – so seamless and celebratory; just be set for the oak influence as distraction and champion. Overall, a wine that shows immense depth, layers and complexity. Cellar time to infinity. Glory be.
Vintage 2004
95 points erobertparker.com
The 2004 Castille Ygay Gran Reserva Especial has a delightful bouquet with scents of leather, mocha, freshly ground coffee beans and red berry fruit. It has a perfume that encapsulates everything there is to love about classic Rioja. The palate is a little viscous on the entry with hints of dried fig and dates. It is interwoven by a crisp thread of acidity and displays fine, slightly powdery tannins. There is abundant freshness and vitality: a Rioja speaking of its place with eloquence and clarity. This paragon of classic Rioja lives up to its evocative label. Drink now-2025
