Roda I Reserva 2019

in the 2019 Roda I, I found notes that I had found in many 2019s—ripe black fruit, an earthy touch and a touch of dark spices. It's medium to full-bodied, combining power, concentration, ripeness and elegance in a clean and modern style. It matured in French oak barrels, 50% of them new, but it’s not really noticeable, for 16 months. 128,034 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2022.

Immense depth and exuberance here. Fine spices, dark plums, fresh blackberries, blueberries, graphite and crushed stones. Naturally concentrated, broad, vertical and full-bodied, but still fluid and linear. Crumbled, dusty tannins grow on the palate, leading it to a juicy, tightly wound finish that goes on and on. One of the best Roda I? Drinkable now upon decanting, but much better from 2025.

Roda I uses grapes from bush vines that are over 30 years' old, partnering Tempranillo with 12% Graciano. Showing a little bit of the heat of the vintage, it's a bold, structured, high-toned red with well-handled 50% new oak, top notes of liquorice and Mediterranean herbs and flavours of mulberry, fig and bramble. 2025-32