In the glass
Aroma: blackcurrant, black cherry, mocha, cedar, mint
Palate: dense black fruit, espresso, firm tannin, graphite
The estate's prestige red from old vines including pre-phylloxera Cabernet plantings; dark, structured and French-oak-aged, more international in cut 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 Chirel's firm tannin and mocha oak. -
Venison loin
Dark game meets the cassis-and-espresso density. -
Aged Manchego
Hard cheese balances the structured frame.
History
Baron de Chirel is Riscal's prestige red, drawing on old vineyards that include historic Cabernet plantings, aged in new French oak.
- 1986 — First Baron de Chirel vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Marques de Riscal
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (70%), Cabernet Sauvignon (30%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 22 to 24 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 100 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1986
Scores
- Tim Atkin 94 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2022)