Viña Real Cuvée Especial Reserva 2020
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Viña Real Cuvée Especial Reserva 2020 is the latest vintage of a Reserva that’s broken all the moulds at Vinoselección, a sensational typical Rioja blend that represents the best of the classical style in this region and is always convincing. And its label has been designed especially for us!
Consumption features
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
Graciano, Garnacha tinta, 90% Tempranillo, Mazuelo
Type of barrel
New and once-used barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy
Barrel aging time
18 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
03/2022
Total acidity (g/l)
5.5
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.55
Sugar
Inferior a 2
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
Viña Real Cuvée Especial Reserva 2020 is the latest vintage of the fantastic Reserva made specially for us by Viña Real, one of the most successful Rioja wineries belonging to the CVNE group, with a track record of more than 140 years. It started out in the 1920 as one of the firm’s brands made up of wines that combined the personality, character and elegance of Rioja Alavesa with the roundness and balance of perfect ageing. It gradually gained a niche in the market and today Viña Real is synonymous with quality, as you can see from this sensational red which displays one of the first labels that came out back in the 1940s.
Viña Real Cuvée Especial Reserva 2020 is further proof of this winery’s expertise. It’s a special batch of its Viña Real Reserva 2020 and was created from a blend of Tempranillo (90%), Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo, matured to perfection for 18 months in new and single-use barrels. It’s a wine that was designed specially for us and has become a bestseller vintage after vintage.
Viña Real Cuvée Especial Reserva 2020 is perfect with fillet of beef in a reduction of red wine or soupy lamb rice.
Tasting notes
Attractive cherry-red with a subtle garnet-red rim.
Aromatic and fragrant nose with abundant hints of red and black fruit (cherries, blackberries and cassis) and spicy notes (cinnamon), followed by aromas of toasted wood and pleasant balsamic undertones.
Round, full on the attack, developing a good range of flavours, notably fruity, ripe, moreish tannins that give it a balanced and very pleasant mid-palate. Nice lingering finish marked by notes of red fruit and hints of toast.
The winery
Behind Viña Real stands one of the most solid names in the Rioja wine scene with significant international projection: CVNE (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España). The renowned French architect on the global stage, Philippe Mazières, was the person chosen by its leaders to capture the aesthetics of this century-old winemaking house in the new Viña Real winery, established in Laguardia (Rioja Alavesa). Its philosophy was to seek a unique style that respected the winery's hallmarks, with a subtler character, evoking a more “Burgundian” profile in this new initiative.
CVNE (Haro, Rioja Alta) first launched the Viña Real brand on the market in 1920; however, at the end of the 20th century, it conceived the idea of creating a dedicated winery for this range and chose the subzone of Rioja Alavesa for this new project. Thus, the history of the Viña Real winery is relatively short: its facilities were inaugurated in 2004.
Viña Real combines tradition and modernity in its spectacular facilities made of concrete, wood, and stainless steel. This new building stands out visually for the enormous vat that dominates its structure, a space dedicated to winemaking. Next to it, two tunnels have been carved into the rock of Cerro de la Mesa (Rioja Alavesa), where the winery is located, designed for the aging of wines: one for barrels and another for bottles.