Bodegas Ugalde, a century-old firm founded in Haro, is now part of the powerful Príncipe de Viana group and its wines are a combination of tradition and state of the art. We’ve picked Ugalde Reserva 2018 for you, a wine made from the typical Rioja blend of Tempranillo (mostly), Graciano and Mazuelo grapes.
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Type of wine
Region
Type of barrel
American and French (5%) oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
24 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
Ugalde Reserva 2018 is a typical Rioja blend of Tempranillo (mainly), Graciano and Mazuelo. It underwent alcoholic fermentation for 10 days and maceration with the skins for 8 days, followed by malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats. The wine was finally transferred to American and French (5%) oak barrels where it was aged for 24 months and further matured in the bottle for at least twelve months. Enjoy it now at its best.
Bodegas Ugalde, founded in Haro in 1882, is now part of the powerful Príncipe de Viana group. Ugande has always focused on quality in the planting of its vines, seeking more moderate yields and smaller berries. The vineyard is furthermore equipped with an irrigation system with pump stations that makes it possible to control the stress to which the plants are subjected, resulting in more highly concentrated grapes.
Ugalde Reserva 2019 (D.O.Ca. Rioja) goes well with rice dishes containing meat or macaroni Bolognese.
Creators' opinion
Deep plum-coloured wine of good intensity with noticeable highlights. Ripe black fruits, balsamic notes and hints of toast. Complexity. Rounded tannic structure in the mouth, complexity and maturity. Balanced, tasty and mouth-filling. Slight hints of spice. Long palate, well structured, expressive and lingering.
The winery
Bodegas Ugalde belongs to Rioja Vega, a company founded in 1882 by Felipe Ugalde in Haro. After a series of business ups and downs throughout the 20th century – including a name change – the company was acquired in the 1980s by Grupo Príncipe de Viana and definitively entered modernity.