2020 Roda Reserva
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The nose of the 2020 Roda shows the textbook profile they look for—red fruit. It's clean, fresh and expressive, elegant and balanced with power and clout, good ripeness (14.5% alcohol) but without excess and with balancing freshness. It follows the house style of modern, clean and balanced wines with integrated oak. Serious Rioja. It was produced with a blend of 89% Tempranillo, 6% Garnacha and 5% Graciano matured in French oak barrels for 14 months. 131,168 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2022.
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James Suckling
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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The 2020 Roda is 89% Tempranillo, 6% Garnacha and 5% Graciano sourced mostly in Haro, Rioja Alta. Aged 14 months in French oak barrels (50% new), this dark garnet wine unfolds with cherry, vanilla, wild herbs, balsamic and hints of caramel. Rich, plush and velvety, the palate offers mild, fine-grained tannins and lingers long on black fruit tones. This is a New World Rioja with a compact flow.
Aromas of violets, black mushrooms and blue fruits, with some spices like nutmeg, as well as dried meat. Some chocolate and cedar. It\'s full-bodied and layered with round tannins and a juicy finish. Velvety texture and a savory aftertaste. Drinkable but better in a year or two.
About the producer
While being one of the youngest estates in Rioja, Bodegas Roda has quickly become one of its finest and certainly most innovative. The estate was set up in 1987. The name Roda is the contraction of the two owners’ names, Mario Rottlant Solá and Carmen Daurella Aguilera