Rioja Gran Reserva 904, La Rioja Alta 1997
Rioja Gran Reserva 904, La Rioja Alta 1997 is a dry, full-bodied red from Tempranillo (Rioja, Spain), in the rich, smooth reds style. Tannins are moderate and acidity moderate; oak influence is noticeable. Good with lamb, roast pork, steak, beef stew. Cheapest offer £100.30 at Honest Grapes.
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904 is La Rioja Alta's icon, a Gran Reserva made only in the finest years and aged with a patience that most modern producers would find frankly alarming. The 1997 spent six years in American oak and several more in bottle before release, which means what arrives in your glass is a wine already deep into its secondary life: dried cherry, tobacco leaf, old leather, and that particular Riojan quality of cedar-inflected calm. At nearly 30 years old, this is not a wine that needs anything from you except a good glass and a little time to open.