Muga Reserva Selección Especial 2020
Descrizione
Un classico della Rioja che, annata dopo annata, si sta modernizzando verso un profilo più completo e fresco. Ora ha più potenza fruttata e un legno perfettamente integrato, ma i più pazienti saranno ricompensati con gli interessi grazie al suo grande potenziale di invecchiamento. Un rosso di grande prestigio semplicemente straordinario
Dettagli del prodotto
Degustazione
Vigna e preparazione
Recensioni degli esperti
Their most gastronomical red is the 2020 Selección Especial, a blend of the four traditional varieties from Rioja—Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo and Graciano—fermented in oak vats. Half of the destemmed grapes were put through an optical sorting machine. The wine matured in French oak barrels, 40% of them new, for 26 months and was racked every eight to nine months. 2020 was a warm year, and the wine comes in at 14.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.56 and 5.75 grams of acidity. Manu Muga likes 2020 very much and says it's a year that suffers because it's in between 2019 and 2021. This is also a textbook example of this wine, a little more developed and tertiary, with generous spice and toast and a palate with more grip. The tannins are not as precise and elegant as those from 2021 (yeah, it suffers in the comparison), but it's a very worthy wine. 246,120 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023 after being fined with egg whites.
Mint, blackberries, cocoa powder, graphite, black pepper and roasted dark spices. Full-bodied and juicy, with lots of tannins that are quite sinewy and fine-grained. Really long. Needs at least two more years to come around. Tempranillo, garnacha, mazuelo and graciano. Drink after 2026. - Zekun Shuai, Senior Editor
Selección Especial is a wine that generally requires patience, so be prepared to tuck this away for a while. Based on Tempranillo, with support from 20% Garnacha and 5% each of Mazuelo and Graciano, this is a dense, serious, French oak-aged cuvée showing flavours of orange zest, blueberry, coffee bean and toast, lots of acidity and layered tannins. 2027-40
Annate: 2020 2019 2018 2016
Un vinazo
Vino correcto sin exagerar
Espectacular. Recomiendo dejarlo evolucionar un año en bodega
Otro de los grandes Riojas que quedan. Muy solido, equilibrado, poco ácido, fresco. Merece la pena siempre.
Fondo, elegancia, quizás medio grado menos hubiera sido mejor