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Muga, Prado Enea Gran Reserva Rioja 2011
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Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
The most classical of the wines from Muga, the 2011 Prado Enea Gran Reserva comes from a warm year that here was cooler than 2012, when they did not produce it. There won't be a 2013 either. So after this 2011, the following vintage will be 2014 but with fewer bottles and then 2015 and 2016. The wine has a developed nose with some tertiary notes, combined with some notes of ripe black fruit and sweet spices. It fees like an open, expressive and hedonistic year for Prado Enea. The palate reveals polished tannins and some balsamic and developed flavors, truffle, forest floor and hints of cigar ash and incense. Stylistically, this could be close to the 2006, which was also surprisingly fresh for the average ripeness found in Rioja in general. 92,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in early 2015 after almost 40 months in barrel. Time in bottle has polished the wine, and it's ready to drink on release, but it's a wine that is going to develop in bottle for a long time.
About the Producer
Bodegas Muga is a family business founded by Isaac Muga and Aurora Caño in 1932, which is located in the historic Barrio de La Estación (Station Quarter) of Haro. With an area of around 25,000 square metres, it is home to both the most traditional winemaking methods and the latest cutting-edge techniques. Besides, they are the only cellar in Spain with a master cooper and three in-house barrel-makers. In Muga, they always use the finest materials and are open to new techniques that provide greater quality without losing authenticity. To produce each of our wines, they continue opting for traditional procedures. Through the natural process of fining, they eliminate the suspended particles that appear in the wine. Also, they carry out the decanting by the traditional method of gravity. Vine Varieties La Rioja is one of the few regions in the world where wine is made using only native vine varieties. Vine Varieties: Tempranillo, Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan), Graciano, Viura (Macabeo), Malvasía
