Roda Reserva

In the glass

Aroma: red and black cherry, cedar, balsamic, sweet spice, dried herb

Palate: red fruit, fine tannin, mineral, savoury

The house's modern Reserva from old-vine Tempranillo with a touch of Graciano: fresher and more elegant than Roda I, balancing ripe fruit with a savoury, mineral spine.

What it pairs with

• Cordero asado al sarmiento
  Vine-shoot-roasted suckling lamb is the canonical Rioja match; the wine's resolved tannins frame the sweet fat.
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  A thick aged-beef chop over embers meets the wine's savoury oak and grip.
• Jamon iberico
  Cured Iberian ham echoes the wine's dried-cherry and leather register.
• Roast partridge
  Game meets Roda's balsamic, savoury depth.

History

The Roda Reserva is the estate's signature wine, a modern but balanced Reserva from old-vine fruit aged mostly in used French oak.

1. 1992 — First Roda Reserva vintage as the estate launched

Facts

Producer

Bodegas Roda

Grapes

Tempranillo (89%), Graciano (11%)

Classification

DOCa Rioja

Oak

Around 14 months in French oak, mostly used barrels

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 28 to 45 at retail

Drinking window

6 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1992

Scores

• Tim Atkin 94 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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