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R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA Rioja Blanco 'Vina Tondonia' Reserva DOCa 2014 Bottle

White Still Wine | Spain | Rioja | 75cl

£89.95

ABV: 12.5%
Size: 75cl
Closure Type: Cork
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Wine Style: Medium Bodied
Grapes: Viura, Malvasia

Description

The 2014 Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva is a splendid expression from López de Heredia, presenting a bright golden hue that reflects the challenges of the vintage. Scoring 96 points from both James Suckling and Vinous, this wine epitomises the estate's trademark finesse. The nose offers delightful aromas of white mushrooms, macadamia nuts, and dried lemons, complemented by subtle sweet spices and mineral notes. The Wine Advocate also awarded it 96 points, praising its complex, toasty, smoky, and earthy character. Composed of 90% Viura and 10% Malvasía, it has been aged for at least six years in well-seasoned oak, resulting in a long, saline finish and vibrant acidity. This exceptional wine promises great ageing potential, making it a true delight.

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THE WINE ADVOCATE 96 points
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Drink Date: 2025 - 2045
The 2014 Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva has a bright golden color, almost fluorescent, a complex and nuanced nose reminiscent of the 2017 Viña Gravonia that I tasted next to it, toasty, smoky and spicy, with mushroom and earth, pollen and herbal tea notes, reminiscent of the aromas in their old caves. 2014 was not an easy vintage, and some wines were diluted because of the abundant rains before or during the harvest. This is the usual blend of Viura with 10% Malvasía Riojana from vines averaging 63 years of age on white soils with abundant rocks. It fermented in ancient oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured for six years, probably more, in well-seasoned, neutral American oak barrels in their caves, which have a big effect on the wines (the longer the time in them, the longer the effect). It has 12.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.3 and 6.6 grams of acidity. It fills your mouth with pungent flavors, despite being medium-bodied and having an ethereal quality about it, and it's very long and tasty and finishes almost salty, with an umami feeling, dry and chalky. Delicious, clean and still young, it should age effortlessly. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2022.

JAMES SUCKLING 96 points
Trademark Lopez Heredia Tondonia finesse in a refined, oxidative way. White mushrooms, macadamia, dried lemons, sweet spices and stones. Clear, precise and bright on the medium-bodied palate with lovely acidity and a long finish that will help it age. Elegant. Viura with around 20% malvasia. Drink now or hold. - Zekun Shuai, Senior Editor

THE WINE ADVOCATE - 96 Points

"The 2014 Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva has a bright golden color, almost fluorescent, a complex and nuanced nose reminiscent of the 2017 Viña Gravonia that I tasted next to it, toasty, smoky and spicy, with mushroom and earth, pollen and herbal tea notes, reminiscent of the aromas in their old caves. 2014 was not an easy vintage, and some wines were diluted because of the abundant rains before or during the harvest. This is the usual blend of Viura with 10% Malvasía Riojana from vines averaging 63 years of age on white soils with abundant rocks. It fermented in ancient oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured for six years, probably more, in well-seasoned, neutral American oak barrels in their caves, which have a big effect on the wines (the longer the time in them, the longer the effect). It has 12.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.3 and 6.6 grams of acidity. It fills your mouth with pungent flavors, despite being medium-bodied and having an ethereal quality about it, and it's very long and tasty and finishes almost salty, with an umami feeling, dry and chalky. Delicious, clean and still young, it should age effortlessly. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2022.” Reviewed by Luis Gutiérrez

Drinking Window: 2025-2050

JAMES SUCKLING - 96 Points

"Trademark Lopez Heredia Tondonia finesse in a refined, oxidative way. White mushrooms, macadamia, dried lemons, sweet spices and stones. Clear, precise and bright on the medium-bodied palate with lovely acidity and a long finish that will help it age. Elegant. Viura with around 20% malvasia. Drink now or hold."

VINOUS - 96 Points

"The 2014 Blanco Riserva Viña Tondonia is a blend of 90% Viura and 10% Malvasía from Haro, Rioja. Aged at least six years in foudres and two in the bottle, it has a golden hue with aromas of lemon peel, herbs, light resin and nutty hints over subtly integrated oak. Delicate and compact, with a fine chalkiness and a long, saline finish, this is a white that seamlessly marries supple texture and electric acidity." Reviewed by Joaquín Hidalgo