Breton Lorinon Reserva 2006

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Breton Lorinon Reserva 2006 Front Label
Breton Lorinon Reserva 2006 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2006

Size
750ML

ABV
13%

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Winemaker Notes

Bouquet of ripe red fruit is well integrated with toasty/balsamic notes, firm structure from a great vintage retaining plenty of stuffing for the cellar.

Tempranillo 90%, Graciano 10%.

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    The 2006 Lorinon Reserva is sourced from vineyards in Rioja Alta and Logrono: a blend of 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano aged for 24 months in American oak barriques. It has a pungent nose of blackberry, leather, dried herbs and a touch of wild fennel. The palate is very well-balanced, with supple tannins that glide across the mouth. The acidity is finely tuned, leading to a very harmonious, natural finish with subtle woody notes in the background. This is a superb Rioja Reserva.
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Bodegas Breton, Spain
Bodegas Breton was founded in 1983, their state-of-the-art winemaking facility completed in 1985 just prior to that year's harvest. Although of relatively recent origin, Breton takes a decidedly traditional approach. The philosophical objective is preservation of the elegant, concentrated "Rioja Alta" style and the longevity for which traditional Riojas are famous. Modern tendencies result in Rioja wines of accelerated evolution (lower acidity) for earlier consumption.

The Breton partnership includes a 100-acre estate called Vina Lorinon just outside of Lorgrono along the south bank of the Ebro River, with 45 acres of mature vines. Breton properties also include the fabulous Dominio de Conte, a textbook 55acre vineyard on a protected horseshoe bend of the Ebro near Briones, in the very heart of Rioja Alta. Overall average vineyard age is 27 years - the highest of any major Rioja producer - grape varieties consisting mainly of Tempranillo, with Mazuelo, Graciano, Garnacha, Viura, and Malvasia. The Logrono and Briones vineyards together provide an ideal balance of ripe fruit and acidity.

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Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.

Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.

CAR39747_06_2006 Item# 115805

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