Viña Bosconia Reserva 2012
The most structured wine from R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia
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R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia embodies the concept of the classic Rioja style. Viña Bosconia Reserva is the winery’s most firmly structured wine and the only one that comes in a Burgundy bottle. We’re offering you Viña Bosconia Reserva 2012, a red that’s been barrel aged for a very long period but preserves abundant fruity notes. It’s round, smooth and long on the palate.
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Type of wine
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Grape variety
15% Garnacha tinta, 80% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano y mazuelo
Type of barrel
American oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy
Barrel aging time
5 years
Capacity (cl)
75
Total acidity (g/l)
6.7
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13.5
General Information
Viña Bosconia Reserva 2012 is a blend of Tempranillo (80%), Garnacha (15%), Mazuelo and Graciano (5%). It’s from a harvest that proved to be very good thanks to the excellent health of the grapes and a good balance between alcoholic strength and polyphenols. The wines from this year are evolving well in terms of freshness and finesse owing to their suitability for barrel ageing and laying down potential. This red was aged for a long five years in oak barrels. It was clarified using fresh egg whites and bottled without filtering.
Founded in Haro in 1877, R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia is a firm that’s completely family run, directed by four successive generations of the López de Heredia family. The three López de Heredia siblings (María José, Mercedes and Julio) are currently at the helm of this prestigious winery, which only uses grapes from its own vineyards – acquired by their great-grandfather – and employs natural grape-growing practices with minimal intervention.
The firm’s winemaking process involves a combination of traditional techniques without equal in any other Rioja winery: natural yeasts, fermentation in very old vats (instead of stainless steel), racking by hand, long periods in old American oak barrels, clarification using egg whites and bottling without filtering.
Viña Bosconia Reserva 2012 (D.O.Ca. Rioja) is perfect with game dishes such as stewed venison or hare.
The winery
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If there is one winery that embodies the concept of the purest classicism in Rioja, it is undoubtedly R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. A unique winery in the world, with an unparalleled winemaking style, impervious to trends. To begin with, R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia is a 100% family-run business, managed by four successive generations of the López Heredia family since its foundation in 1877 by Rafael López de Heredia in Haro, the oldest winery in this town recognized as the capital of La Rioja Alta and the heart of Rioja wine. There, they maintain impressive facilities reminiscent of cathedrals, and their unique underground cellars where those fine and long-lived wines, embodying classic Rioja with an absolutely distinctive profile, rest for years.
Currently, the three López Heredia Montoya siblings (María José, Mercedes, and Julio) are at the helm of this house, which remains faithful (with minor adjustments) to its original philosophy. They define themselves as viticulturists: the grape supply comes from their own vineyards, all acquired by their great-grandfather, where they are committed to natural methods and minimal intervention; and above all, as artisans in winemaking: fermentations in wooden vats (instead of stainless steel), manual rackings, and very long aging periods in barrels and bottles that far exceed those established by the Regulatory Council of the D.O.Ca. Rioja. Another distinctive example of maintaining tradition in this house is that it has its own cooperage workshop, being the only Spanish winery today that still builds all its barrels by hand.
At the beginning of 2021, in the sixth edition of the Rioja Report, the prestigious British journalist and Master of Wine Tim Atkin selected Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco 2001 as the best wine among more than 1,200 analyzed creations. Additionally, he named Mercedes López de Heredia as the best winemaker of 2021 and selected Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva 2010 as the best rosé of the year.