In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, blackberry, cedar, mineral, sweet spice
Palate: dense black fruit, fine tannin, graphite, savoury
A pure old-vine Tempranillo from the best parcels, aged in new French oak; darker and more structured than the regular Roda, with a mineral, savoury core.
What it pairs with
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Chuleton de buey
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Aged-beef chop frames Roda I's fine tannin and dark fruit. -
Venison loin
Dark game meets the wine's blackberry-and-graphite density. -
Aged Manchego
Hard cheese balances the structured frame.
History
Roda I is the selection of the estate's finest old-vine Tempranillo parcels, aged in new French oak, the more powerful of the two Roda bottlings.
- 1992 — First Roda I vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Roda
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 14 to 16 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 45 to 75 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1992
Scores
- Tim Atkin 95 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2022)