CVNE Rioja Reserva 2021

Deep ruby, good colour intensity ripe, deep morello, autumn raspberries, plum and vanilla nose. Gently smokey, beautifully balanced. Full, deep palate structure, with complex autumn fruit flavours balanced by a lovely touch of oaky vanilla. It is made using 80% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha and 5% Graciano. 2021- 13.5% abv Winemaker: Marie Larrea In 1879, two brothers set up a business in the recently flourishing trade of the wine business. C.V.N.E., Compañía Vinicola del Norte de España (The Northern Spanish Wine Company) or la Cuné, as it is commonly known in Haro, was created. The CVNE winery in Haro, is made up of a group of buildings, mostly from the 19th century and arranged around a courtyard surrounded by pavilions for the purpose of wine production, aging, and bottling and it was one of the first wineries of Rioja to bottle its own wines. In 1900, the winery had an extraordinary aging capacity of 80,000 bottles, which was most unusual at the time, as most wineries were selling their wines as soon as possible.