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Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2006 75cl

DOCa | Rioja Alta | Rioja | Espagne
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96 Robert Parker
The 2006 Prado Enea is a phenomenal bottle of traditional Rioja at its best. A blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and the remaining 10% Mazuelo and Graciano aged for a long time in oak and bottled before release. This is a practice quite common from yesteryear, but that is a true rarity today. The technical data provided talks about incredible parameters, 14% alcohol and a pH of 3.39, both extremely low for a warm vintage like 2006. The grapes are sourced from higher-altitude terraced plots where the climate is cooler and drier and the soils are rich in clay. This is a wine that is not automatically produced every year. The wine spends its elevage in oak containers of different size, origin and age for no less than three years. The nose is intoxicating with a superb mixture of tertiary and more primary aromas like old furniture, cloves, cracked pepper, incense and cigar ash plus cherries in liqueur (that Garnacha!). The palate is medium-bodied, with great freshness (Jorge Muga tells me the pH is stabilized with aging in barrel), acidity and balance, with a silky texture, ultra-fine tannins and great persistence and length. This wine feels younger than it is, and seems to be aging at a glacial pace. With the stuffing and balance it has this should make very old bones, and drink greatly throughout its life. Superb! At this quality level the price seems like a bargain. 90,000 bottles produced. The next Prado Enea will be 2009 as they didn't get what they look for in this wine in either 2007 and 2008. Those were two cold vintages, and 2007 had 100 liters of rain during the harvest. Prado Enea is harvested in November and in 2008 there was frost at the end of October.<br/><br/>
92 Wine Spectator
The dense texture carries harmonious flavors of plum, tobacco, licorice, mineral and smoke in this polished red. Well-integrated tannins and orange peel acidity keep this balanced. The floral, spicy finish brings you back for another sip. Drink now through 2021. 800 cases made. –TM
Producteur
Bodegas Muga
Installée à Haro, terroir clé de la région, cette bodega familiale se voue à l’élaboration de vins traditionnels à l’aide de techniques modernes depuis sa création en 1932. Ici, point de cuves inox mais des contenants en bois pour la fermentation. Dans le respect des traditions ancestrales, Muga emploie aussi des procédés de collage naturels et le soutirage par gravité afin de conférer une authenticité toute riojane à ses vins. La famille Cano a même recruté un maître-tonnelier et trois tonneliers maison, chose unique en Espagne. Apothéoses du Rioja historique, ses Reserva, Reserva Selección Especial et Prado Enea Gran Reserva ont comme colonne vertébrale le tempranillo, et en affichent la rondeur et la douceur, tandis que le garnacha, le mazuelo et le graciano leur donnent du peps allié à des notes chaleureuses exaltantes. Le style le plus contemporain, incarné par la cuvée Torre Muga, marie le mazuelo et le graciano à une dominante de tempranillo pour créer une nouvelle référence impressionnante aux arômes fruités de mûres. Chaque année, la bodega produit les Reservas les plus accessibles, des valeurs sûres, mais aussi une cuvée délicieuse positionnée vers le haut de gamme qu’elle a nommée Aro. Cet assemblage complexe de tempranillo et de graciano, issu de vignes âgées de 60 ans, séjourne en bois français neuf pendant 18 mois.