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RIOJA RESERVA LG de LEZA GARCIA

LG, Rioja Reserva, Leza Garcia

£30.00

15% | 750ml

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Tasting Notes

This delicious and unconventional rioja is intense purple red with violet rim. There are aromas of cinnamon, sage, with fruity notes of cherry and blackberries. It’s deep and ripe on the palate, with a silky mouthfeel.

Food Pairing

Perfect for pairing with all types of meats, stews, game dishes, mushrooms, cured and strong cheeses.

Serving

Serve at 16ºC -18 ºC.

Winemaking

Prefermentative maceration and fermentation at a controlled temperature of 28ºC for 15 days in stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation in American and French oak barrels. Weekly “Battonage” for 4 months in the same barrels. Subsequently completes an additional 8 months in barrels to complete the aging process.

It is made with Leza Garcia’s own grapes from their vineyard “La Ballesta” in Hormilla, Rioja Alta, at an altitude of over 600 meters above sea level on clay-ferrous soils.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Bodegas Leza García is a family business started by our grandfather Juan Leza Arenzana in the first part of the Twentieth Century that produced DOCa Rioja wines from their own 100 hectares of vineyards in an altitude between 500 -700 meters located in Najerilla Valley, an historical area in the heart of the Rioja Alta.

We produce unique and personal wines that show the terroir and our own winemaking style and knowledge.
We remain true to our inherited winemaking values while offering different and modern wines, with their own personality, showing the terroir where the grapes are grown.

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