Lopez de Heredia, Rioja Reserva 'Tondonia', 2012 SO013025 Ludes 2023s and earthy complexity

and earthy complexity

the wine reveals a luminous ruby hue with garnet highlights

and an earthy

Excellent sipped neat

saline quality that speaks to its terroir

Lopez de Heredia, Rioja Reserva 'Tondonia', 2012 SO013025 Ludes 2023s and earthy complexity"The 2012 Via Tondonia Reserva comes from a very dry year, with 25% less rain than the average (at the time), resulting in lower yields of very healthy grapes that delivered wines with nice balance between alcohol and polyphenols, making it very apt for the aging in barrel. It had a slightly longer levage in barrel, six years. The wine is aromatic with a developed profile, spicy and tertiary (forest floor, a touch of brick dust and iodine), complex