In the glass
Aroma: blackberry, cassis, mocha, violet, cedar
Palate: black fruit, espresso, ripe tannin, graphite
The estate's modern, French-oak-aged prestige red with a dash of Cabernet: darker, denser and more international in cut than the classic Reserva while keeping Rioja freshness.
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 Dalmau's firm tannin and mocha oak. -
Venison loin
Dark game and the wine's cassis-and-espresso density are a natural fit. -
Aged Manchego
Hard sheep cheese balances the wine's grippy structure.
History
Dalmau is the estate's modern prestige red introduced in the 1990s, built on a small Tempranillo parcel with Cabernet and Graciano and aged in new French oak.
- 1994 — First Dalmau vintage as the estate's modern flagship
Facts
- Producer
- Marques de Murrieta
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (83%), Cabernet Sauvignon (12%), Graciano (5%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 18 to 20 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1994
Scores
- Tim Atkin 95 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)