1995 Roda Reserva
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Tasting notes
Deep red with ruby highlights. Sappy, fruit-driven aromas of redcurrant, raspberry, blueberry and spicy, smoky French oak. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with harmonious acids giving the flavors a racy firmness. A wine of good but not outstanding texture and depth. Slightly aggressive in its youthfulness, but finishes with rather suave tannins. This new-wave Rioja came as a distinct shock directly following my visits to traditionalists La Rioja Alta and López de Heredia on my first morning in the region.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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