In the glass
Aroma: red and black cherry, cedar, sweet spice, dried herb
Palate: dark fruit, fine tannin, spice, savoury
A more accessible Reserva from estate parcels: polished and ripe with the house's fine tannin, a step below the flagship Reserva in price and structure.
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
Fincas de Ganuza is the estate's second Reserva, drawn from younger parcels and released earlier than the flagship.
- 1996 — Fincas de Ganuza introduced as the estate second Reserva
Facts
- Producer
- Remirez de Ganuza
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (90%), Graciano (10%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 18 months in French and American oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 25 to 45 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 18 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1996
Scores
- Tim Atkin 92 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)