Lopez de HerediaVina Tondonia Reserva

2004 Vina Tondonia Reserva

Lopez de Heredia

Rioja / Spain

Red

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

£224.00

Rioja Revolutionary - F+R meets Artadi's Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle

Last week F+R met up with Artadi’s owner and winemaker Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle. On meeting Juan you would not immediately think that this man is one of the most powerful producers in Spain. He is friendly, unassuming, excitable and immensely proud to be working with his youngest daughter, Patricia, who has recently joined the business along with her ...

ON November 8, 2018

Produttori del Barbaresco - The Single Vineyard Riservas

It is a rare chance to taste all the single vineyards side by side and the best opportunity to really try and understand the nuances and terroirs of each of the separate sites. What is immediately clear is however variable in their tannin profiles, aromatics and fruit flavours, they are all incredibly consistent in quality. There isn’t a bad wine in the line-up, more than ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON January 21, 2020

2014 Bordeaux: a wine of the vintage?

This morning sees the release of 2014 Pichon-Lalande, a wine that we rated as one of the vintage's best. Nicolas Glumineau, a man with both 2009 and 2010 Montrose on his CV, is getting his feet under the table at Pichon-Lalande and the 2014 is everything that Comtesse should be: elegant, feminine and regal. Moreover, it is pure, pure Pauillac. ...

ON May 22, 2015

Vintage Charts

2013 is already being written about even though the grapes are only just in and, in most cases, fermenting. We are some distance from the finished product, so calling the quality of the vintage in many cases is a little like speculating on the career prospects of a two-year-old. But we do it nonetheless (and, of course, my two-year-old will ...

ON November 5, 2013

A Mixed Vintage

When Bud Cuchet and I visited Bordeaux in early October all looked set fair for a very good vintage. There are few better barometers of a vintage’s quality than the faces of the men tasked with making and selling the wine, and there were smiles all round as we inspected the vineyards in the beautiful October sunshine. Sadly, whilst we ...

ON April 18, 2013