La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva

La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran ReservaLa Rioja Alta Via Arana Gran Reserva is a benchmark red wine from Rioja in northern Spain, predominantly made from Tempranillo with Garnacha and smaller amounts of Mazuelo and Graciano. It is a traditional Gran Reserva, aged for at least five years with aromas of ripe red and dark fruit such as cherry, plum and blackberry alongside complex notes of sweet spice, vanilla, tobacco, leather, cinnamon and dried herbs. On the palate it is medium to

and for drizzling on dishes

This barrel-fermented style yields a full-bodied

Pieter asked the farmer if he could buy the grapes as close as possible to those going to the White Gloves

on soils ranging from alluvial to volcanic

alongside 7% red wine aged in barrel

pasta with rich sauces

Pure Viognier

with hints of white flowers and a faint bready note

The palate has fresh red cherry and bramble fruit flavours and fine

nutmeg spice and a supportive structure of soft

the wine displays ripe black fruit on the nose combined with a well-integrated oak quality

and a smooth structure with a subtle mineral backbone