In the glass
Aroma: blackberry, cassis, mocha, violet, cedar
Palate: dense black fruit, espresso, ripe tannin, graphite
Muga's modern, French-oak prestige red: dark, dense and polished, with mocha and cassis over firm tannins, a counterpoint to the traditional Prado Enea.
What it pairs with
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Chuleton de buey a la brasa
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A char-grilled aged-beef chop matches Torre Muga's firm tannin and mocha oak. -
Venison loin
Dark game meets the wine's cassis-and-espresso density. -
Aged Manchego
Hard cheese balances the grippy structure.
History
Torre Muga is the house's modern, internationally styled prestige red introduced in the early 1990s and aged in new French oak.
- 1991 — First Torre Muga vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Muga
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (75%), Graciano (15%), Mazuelo (10%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 18 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1991
Scores
- Tim Atkin 94 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)