Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial

Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial

• Añada: 2010

• Variedades: Tempranillo 93% y Mazuelo 7%.

• Nota de cata: Proveniente de las uvas seleccionadas de una añada de calidad excelente en los viñedos de lazona más elevada de la Finca Ygay (300 hectáreas, Rioja Alta) situados a una altitud de 500 m. De color teja brillante, en nariz muestra notas de especias y frutos secos. En boca es elegante y atractivo. Complejo final de cuero y tabaco. Crianza de 31 meses en barricas de roble americano de 225 L. de los cuales al menos 10 fueron en barrica nueva, y un mínimo de 3 años en botella antes de salir al mercado.

• Maridaje: Chipirones de anzuelo de potera en su tinta con panceta ibérica, Besugo al horno con reducción de vino blanco y tinto, Solomillo de buey asado al aceite negro y Lomo de ciervo salvaje con salsa de arándanos y tempranillo, entre otros.

• Temperatura de servicio: Servir entre 18 y 19ºC.

• Wine Advocate #243 - Jun 2019 - Luis Gutierrez: 97 pts - "I had very high expectations for the 2010 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial, and the wine delivered as expected. 2010 was one of the finest vintages in Rioja in recent years, and this blend of Tempranillo with 15% Mazuelo (Cariñena) has to be one of the finest modern day Castillo de Ygays. The grapes come from a plot planted in 1966 at 485 meters in altitude, the highest in the estate, and the vines yielded 3,500 kilos per hectare. The two varieties fermented separately in stainless steel for 11 days, and the wine spent 26 months in a mixture of American and French oak barrels. I tasted the 2009 next to this 2010, and I had also had a bottle two nights before. So, I was able to compare this with the 2009, which was a very different year, as 2010 was a cooler year and a priori a more adequate year for long-aging wines like this Gran Reserva. The difference was the vegetative cycle, as the vinification and élevage was the same. This is sleeker and sharper, less developed and livelier than the 2009, which already shows some signs of "old wine" with aromas that remind me of the old classical Rioja reds. It has greatness and finesse and is a very attractive wine with all the stuffing and balance that is needed for a long (and positive) aging in bottle. This is one of the finest modern day vintages of Castillo Ygay. This is going to develop in the direction of the classical bottlings from yesteryear. 130,853 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2015."

• Guía Peñin 2021: 95 pts - "Color: cereza oscuro. Aroma: complejo, fruta madura, especiado, fina reducción. Boca: estructurado, taninos maduros, persistente, taninos finos, especiado, largo. "

• Wine Spectator 2020: 96 pts - "Maturing well, this round red is a lovely example of the traditional style. Orange peel, dried cherry, forest floor, vanilla and black tea flavors mingle harmoniously over round tannins and citrusy acidity. Generous but gentle, lively, balanced and harmonious. Tempranillo and Mazuelo. Drink now through 2030. 7,500 cases made, 680 cases imported. —TM" Elegido vino del Año 2020

• Otros datos de interés: Las bodegas del Marqués de Murrieta, el antiguo Château Ygay, posee las características de una explotación de aire bordelés donde las instalaciones de elaboración se integran en las 300 hectáreas de viñedo. El paisaje es naturalmente mediterráneo, en la transición entre el clima subhúmedo de La Rioja alta y el