2022 Muga Rioja Reserva RATING WS 94 Plush contours wrap around a

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As with most top 2017s

Ink and a touch of graphite and dried herbs

Distiller Notes:  Introducing the Gengyle Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch #10

which adds the vibrant red color that one expects from a traditional Aperitivo as it has been used in spirits for hundreds of years

2022 Muga Rioja Reserva RATING WS 94 Plush contours wrap around a93+ Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2022 Reserva, sold as Crianza in Spain, has more tertiary notes than other people's Gran Reserva, even though it has a very classical profile. It is mostly Tempranillo with some Garnacha Tinta, Mazuelo and Graciano from vineyards no more than 25 kilometers from the winery in Haro, cropped from a warm and dry year. Here, what they did was wait; it rained a little, the plants unblocked and they had the