Bodegas Muga Torre Muga 2019

$125.00 Sale Save
Bodegas Muga Torre Muga 2019

Bodegas Muga Torre Muga 2019

$125.00 Sale Save
Variety - Tempranillo
Country - Spain

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98+ points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2019 Torre Muga is always a more powerful, ripe expression of Rioja that never loses its sense of place. Deep ruby/purple, with a glorious bouquet of cassis, graphite, tobacco leaf, chocolate, and crushed stone, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a deep, pure, multi-dimensional texture, building tannins, and good acidity. It's young, unevolved, yet oh, so promising. Hide bottles for 7-8 years if you can, and it will cruise for 20-30 years. The blend is 80% Tempranillo and the balance Mazuelo and Graciano, aged 18 months in French oak. Drink: 2029-2060. (6/13/22)"

98 points Tim Atkin, MW: "(14.5%). Torre Muga was always regarded as the most ‘modern’ of the bodega's wines, although the difference was sometimes exaggerated. Aged in new French barrels, it’s a very polished assemblage of Tempranillo with 15% Mazuelo and 5% Graciano that was made with both eyes on the future. Toasty, dense and concentrated, with coffee bean and chocolate aromas and intense blackberry and black cherry fruit. 2026-40. (2023)"

97 points/'#20 Spanish Wine of the Year 2022,' James Suckling: "Intense nose of black fruit, ink, roasted espresso, black truffle and dried rosemary. It’s full-bodied with so much power and concentration. Firm but very velvety and integrated tannins. Deep core of black fruit. Yet, it’s not heavy. Long. One for the cellar. Try this from 2027."

95+ points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "The 2019 Torre Muga showcases the classical blend of Tempranillo, Mazuelo (Cariñena) and Graciano, all from old and some ancient vines. The grapes are harvested into 200-kilogram boxes, the bunches destemmed and the grapes put through optical sorting to ferment in small oak vats with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic was in new French oak barrels, where the wine aged after racking for some 18 months, during which time it was racked every eight to nine months. It was fined with egg whites. 2019 is a great vintage for Muga, and they produced quality and quantity, which is remarkable. This has a slightly more modern profile and some French oak undertones, more noticeable in a wide glass and subtler in a narrower one. But it has stuffing, freshness and balance to absorb it in the short to medium term. And it's a year of power and finesse, one of the best in recent years. (Jul 2022)"

95 points/'Podium Award,' Peñín Guide to Spanish Wine: "(tempranillo, mazuelo, graciano). Colour: very deep cherry. Nose: complex, expressive, spicy, mineral, black fruit, ripe fruit. Palate: full-bodied, long, great length, grainy tannins. (2023)"