2010 Marques de Murrieta Gran Reserva
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89% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo, 4% Graciano, 2% Garnacha. Sweet spices, rich dark chocolate and ripe black fruit with plenty of youthfulness. Savoury and taut on the palate, with tannin that is still quite high, though not aggressive. Very traditional. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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I also tasted the 2010 Gran Reserva Limited Edition, even though the wine will take some time to be released. The wine shows a different profile, with more freshness, better integrated oak and more subtle nuances in the nose. There is great finesse and balance on the palate. All wines spend some seven to 11 months in the beginning of their upbringing (nine in this case) in new oak, and then they are transferred to used barrels to complete the total time, which in this case was around 25 months in barrel. It develops notes of licorice and aniseed, quite focused. Some 30,000 bottles produced.