Bodega Casa Juan “Senor de Lesmos” Rioja Reserva
2005
92
James SucklingPRODUCER
COUNTRY
Spain
WINE TYPE
Red
APPELLATION
Rioja
VARIETY
Tempranillo
AGE OF VINES
55 years
FARMING
Organic
SOIL
Chalky clay, grass, wild herbs
ALTITUDE
2550 feet
FERMENTATION
cement with wild yeast
AGING
Cement tanks & American oak
DESCRIPTION
All estate fruit, hand harvested, and carefully vinified with native yeasts, this is a hand sewn wine with the purity, texture and elegance to prove it. Produced from 85% Tempranillo and 15% Mazuelo, the Reserva is a barrel selection of wines that Angel feels can undergo longer aging in barrel and then in bottle. Aged a total of 27 months in barrels, then into concrete for more than a year, the Reserva also sees bottle aging until Angel deems it ready for release.
This wine ramps up the intensity of the Crianza, with more pungent fruit as well as a real spicy and wild quality. In a good vintage, this wine is likely to improve for quite a long time.
2005