In the glass
Aroma: red and black cherry, vanilla, cedar, dried herb
Palate: ripe red fruit, sweet spice, fine tannin, savoury
A pure-Tempranillo Reserva from the Calatrava-designed Alavesa estate: ripe, polished and balanced, a modern-classic Rioja with the house's vineyard focus.
What it pairs with
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Cordero asado al sarmiento
Vine-shoot-roasted suckling lamb is the canonical Rioja match; the wine's resolved tannins frame the sweet fat. -
Chuleton de buey a la brasa
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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.
History
The Ysios Reserva is the estate's core wine, a pure-Tempranillo Reserva launched with the landmark cellar in 2001.
- 2001 — Estate and Reserva launched in the Calatrava cellar
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Ysios
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 18 months in French and American oak
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 18 to 30 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 18 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2001
Scores
- Tim Atkin 91 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)