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The XR Red Wine from Marqués de Riscal Reserva from Bodegas Marqués de Riscal presents this red wine from the D.O.Ca. Rioja, made from the grape varieties 91% Tempranillo and 9% Graciano.
In Marqués de Riscal, within its Historical Reserve, there were winemaker wines such as Reserva Medoc and XR without becoming commercial names. In the style of Jerez foremen, the winemaker marked some of his barrels with chalk with the word XR (Extra Reserve) having found some special characteristics that were not found in others. This XR was never commercialized, but it was always a reference for the master winemaker. This tradition lasted almost a century, between the vintages of 1869 and 1964.
The XR 2015, its first vintage, is a tribute to all the master winemakers who, from Jean Pineau to the present day, have contributed to forging a part of the best history of Spanish wine at Marqués de Riscal.
Aging: 26 months in American oak barrels.
Optimal serving temperature: Between 16 and 18ºC.
Bodegas Marqués de Riscal
The history of Bodegas Marqués de Riscal is the history of an innovative, pioneering, and reference company in a continuously transforming wine sector.
The winery was founded in 1858 by Guillermo Hurtado de Amézaga. In 1862, its first wines were bottled, thus becoming the oldest bottled wines in Rioja.
A few years after its foundation, the winery quickly began to win numerous awards, but one of the most important came in 1895 when Marqués de Riscal became the first non-French wine to win the Diploma of Honor at the Bordeaux Exhibition.
In 1972, Marqués de Riscal started producing the first white wines from Rueda and, in recent years, the winery has dared to incorporate two new denominations into the project, V.T. Castilla y León and D.O. Getariako Txakolina.
For those who want to explore the history of the winery from its foundation to the present day with the possibility of enjoying Marqués de Riscal wines, in 2006 The City of Wine was inaugurated, which now has a hotel designed by the famous Canadian architect Frank O. Gehry.
If you have any questions when buying XR Red Wine from Marqués de Riscal Reserva, please contact the sommelier of our online wine store, and they will advise you without any obligation.
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Sight: 'Color cereza muy cubierto e intenso.'
Mouth: 'Fresco, con taninos pulidos muy agradables, con buena estructura pero fácil de beber. El final es largo y deja unos leves recuerdos balsámicos de gran calidad.'
Nose: 'Muy expresivo con notas de regaliz, canela y pimienta negra, donde la larga crianza en madera apenas se percibe, gracias a su gran complejidad y concentración de fruta madura.'
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