The Winery: Marqués de Cáceres
The Wine: 2001 Reserva Rioja
The Price: $17.99 at Costco
This review was requested several months ago by my friend and colleague, Tina. She says that this is one of her favorite wines.
Unlike in the United States, wines of Spain are named for the region rather than the varietal. Rioja is in northern Spain. The Rioja wines tend to be stronger and have a higher content of tannins. The Reserva designation signifies the barrel aging time. A wine labeled Crianza will be a younger wine, and a Gran Reserva will have been barrel aged longer.
This wine is a deep, dark red color, and has very well-formed legs. The wine has scents of plum and blackberry. This is a very smooth, velvety wine. The flavor is good, but less fully developed than the smell foretold. The wine has flavors of plum, blackberry and cherry. It is a very good wine, and a great value at the $17.99 that I paid.
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