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Born for the Thyssen Collection from Vinoselección, Viña Real Gran Reserva Especial 2019 captures, once again, the great elegance of Rioja Alavesa. Fine, complex and silky, it is a blend of Tempranillo with a light contribution from Graciano with a long ageing of 24 months in French and American oak. If you want to enjoy it, buy your Thyssen Collection now!
Belonging to the exclusive Thyssen Collection of Vinoselección, Viña Real Gran Reserva Especial 2019 is a blend of Tempranillo and Graciano with ageing for 24 months in French and American oak barrels that gives it depth and elegance. Its label reproduces the painting El Claro de un bosque, by Alfred Sisley.
It comes from a 2019 vintage rated Excellent and is a careful and very personal interpretation of Viña Real. It is a wine intended to accompany dishes with character, especially slow-cooked recipes and savoury meats, where it can show itself calmly and without hurry.
Viña Real is one of the best-known names in Rioja Alavesa, a region that has managed to combine tradition with a modern outlook on the vineyard. That balance is evident in every detail of this Viña Real Gran Reserva Especial 2019, a wine that speaks of origin, of selection and of good craftsmanship.
Pairing
Viña Real Gran Reserva Especial 2019 is ideal to accompany lamb stew, beef fillet with forest fruits sauce, or braised beef cheeks.
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Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
5% Graciano, 95% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French and American oak barrels.
Barrel aging time
24 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
05/2022
Total acidity (g/l)
5.8
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.6
Sugar
2
pH
3.55
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13.9
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Lovely ripe cherry-red colour with a brick-red rim, well covered with a deep layer.
Nose
Shows an elegant and complex nose. It first highlights ripe black fruit, with notes of blueberry and blackberry, intertwined with a spiced profile of pepper and nutmeg. Later there are hints of scrubland and pleasant balsamic aromas of menthol and eucalyptus, in a refined, expressive, and notably deep composition.
Mouth
On the palate it presents as round and balanced, with superb tactile sensations that envelope the mouth in a silky flow. It confirms the elegance on the nose with a noble, well-integrated tannin, while the excellent acidity provides liveliness in the mid-palate. The finish is long and persistent, with clear memories of fruit in liqueur and gentle smoky echoes.
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.
