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Buy OnlineA sweet spot in the Cune range. This gorgeous Gran Reserva offers ripe fruit that is given two full years in oak, in addition to extra time in bottle to make the wine softer and more ready. The result is a classic style that is typical of Cune and its legendary quality, with the ability to drink now or age further in cellar. Gorgeous!
Winery notes (2018 Vintage)
"Ruby red colour. Complex aromas with sweet fruit, blackberries, figs, plums, some black liquorice typical of the tempranillo variety, all of this well assembled with the aromas coming from the aging in barrel such as spices, toffees and tobacco leaf. On the palate, velvety tannin makes it a long and elegant sof wine with a fruity and balsamic aftertaste."
96/100 Zekun Shuai, JamesSuckling.com (2018 Vintage)
"Spices, chocolate, vanilla and lots of vibrant, youthful plums, cherries and berries. A medium-bodied, very approachable Rioja with juicy fruit and fine tannins that make you want to drink a bottle. Such a pleasing, well-made and youthful gran reserva."
93/100 Joaquin Hildalgo, Vinous (2018 Vintage)
"The 2018 Gran Reserva Cune is 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo from Rioja Alta, aged up to 24 months in American and French oak barrels. Aromas of plum and blackberry intermingle with herbal and oaky notes. Dry, creamy and chalky on the palate, it offers a fairly compact mouthfeel. This red wine presents a modern twist on the fruitforward style, resembling more of a New World red than a classic Rioja."
92/100 Luis Gutiérrez, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocate, March 2024 (2018 Vintage)
"The 2018 Cune Gran Reserva was produced with grapes picked between the 8th and 26th of October, quite late into the season, reflecting a cooler year with frost and snow and a mild summer. The vegetative cycle was long, 180 days, and the final blend was 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo or Cariñena, mostly from their 70 hectares in Torremontalbo. The grapes fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and concrete after a 24-hour cold soak, and the wine matured in French and American oak barrels for 24 months. They bottled the wine with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.76 grams of acidity. It has spicy notes from the oak, vanilla and coconut, and is aromatic and expressive, clean, with a classic Gran Reserve profile."
