Gran Reserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roast lamb, slow-cooked beef stew, and aged Manchego cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Marqués de Riscal, founded in 1858 by Guillermo Hurtado de Amézaga, is a pioneer of modern Rioja winemaking, famously introducing Bordeaux techniques to the region. This Gran Reserva represents the pinnacle of their traditional style, crafted from old vines—often over 30 years old—grown in the clay-limestone soils of Rioja Alavesa. The blend is dominated by Tempranillo, supported by Graciano and Mazuelo. It undergoes extensive aging in American oak casks followed by years in the bottle, developing a complex profile of ripe dark fruit, leather, balsamic notes, and sweet spices. A historical touch is the winery's signature gold wire mesh, originally designed in the late 19th century to prevent counterfeiting.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1858 by Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga, Marqués de Riscal is one of the oldest and most pioneering wineries in Spain's Rioja region, situated in the historic town of Elciego. The estate revolutionized Spanish viticulture by introducing Bordeaux-style vinification and barrel aging techniques, earning worldwide acclaim as the first non-French wine to win the Diploma of Honor at the Exhibition of Bordeaux in 1895. In addition to its legendary, structured Rioja Reserva and Gran Reserva Tempranillo expressions, the bodega expanded into Castilla y León in the 1970s, playing an instrumental role in establishing the Rueda appellation with benchmark Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc wines. Today, Marqués de Riscal seamlessly fuses classical winemaking mastery with avant-garde innovation, epitomized by its iconic Frank Gehry-designed winery complex.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo