Marques de Murrieta Reserva

In the glass

Aroma: red and black cherry, vanilla, dried herb, tobacco

Palate: ripe cherry, sweet spice, fine tannin, savoury

The estate's classically styled Reserva from the Ygay vineyard: ripe but savoury, with American-oak spice over a firm, fresh Tempranillo core. A consistent benchmark Reserva.

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.

History

The estate Reserva draws on the Ygay vineyard and is aged around two years in oak, sitting between the value tier and the prestige Castillo Ygay.

1. 1983 — Modern Murrieta Reserva style established under the Cebrian-Sagarriga era

Facts

Producer

Marques de Murrieta

Grapes

Tempranillo (86%), Garnacha (7%), Mazuelo (4%), Graciano (3%)

Classification

DOCa Rioja

Oak

Around 21 to 24 months in mostly American oak

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 18 to 30 at retail

Drinking window

5 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1983

Scores

• Tim Atkin 93 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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