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2009 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva

Tempranillo Blend

  • Spain
  • La Rioja
  • La Rioja Alta
  • Rioja
Drink between 2019 - 2030 (Edit)
CT91.3 350 reviews

Community Tasting Notes 250

  • JuliannaDHS Likes this wine: 91 points

    February 25, 2024 - As before, a bit modern in style but very good. Plenty of oak but it balances with all the ripe red fruit.

  • jonboy74 Likes this wine: 92 points

    February 20, 2024 - still fantastic. primary lovely high acidity soft tannins gobs of fruit. phenomenal qpr at original purchase price. ardanza delivers the goods time and again

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  • Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 94 points

    January 11, 2024 - The cork crumbled a bit on the corkscrew, but was no ullage to worry me.

    Wide-bottom decant for 2 hrs, tasted at room temperature in my kitchen.

    N....dusty wood (cedar), ground coffee, some cigar, medium intensity only. Interesting. I liked it.

    C.... Light to Medium body; red with a hint of fade on edge.

    T....Did I say "Dry"? Sure did, it's dry. Beyond that it's a classy glass of wine with lovely concentrated fruit, intense flavours. Coffee, wood, molasses, liqorice, ripe fruit - there's shedloads going on, if you worked in Advertising in the 80s you'd maybe say. "it's busy". Gentle tannins, seductive mouthfeel.

    Drinking very well at 14 yrs but not actually mature. Feels like it'll be a 95+ wine when mature. At 18-20 yrs?

    VFM/QPR?.....I've forgotten what I paid for this yrs ago but today it feels like it's worth at least £50.00

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  • ploher wrote:

    December 10, 2023 - Hm, still so big on the oak. Don't know if I'm getting just more sensitive to it or if Rioja Alta is really increasing its use of new wood, anyway this is still difficult to fully enjoy cause of the oak subduing the fruit. The quality is obvious, but the oak is very distracting. Couldn't really get over it at least today... 16.5/20

    4 people found this helpful Comments (1)
  • Yagil wrote: 92 points

    November 17, 2023 - Mature Tempranillo tasting (Rioja, Ribera-del-Duero, Toro); 11/16/2023-11/17/2023: 24 hours after
    Beautiful old school rioja, Ardanza seem to produce some of the best wines in the world at this price point. Lots of vanilla oak and sweet fruit balanced with fresh acidity and savoury tobacco complexity. A very well balanced package drinking well already and a good few years ahead.

    2 people found this helpful Comment
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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2009
  • Type Red
  • Producer La Rioja Alta
  • Varietal Tempranillo Blend
  • Designation Viña Ardanza Reserva
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country Spain
  • Region La Rioja
  • SubRegion La Rioja Alta
  • Appellation Rioja
  • UPC Codes 4418832821087, 8410537050126, 8413529821087, 8437024184041, 890841002031

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 127 (2%)
  • In Cellars 3,644 (50%)
  • Consumed 3,520 (48%)

Food Pairing

Community Recommendations

Beef, manchego, cheese, deer, duck, etc., Hard Sharp cheese, Jamon Iberico, Lamb, liver

Who Likes This Wine

99% Like It  183 votes

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