Gran Reserva
⏳ Drikkevindue
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Traditional Spanish roast milk-fed lamb, slow-braised beef cheeks or wild game, and well-aged sheep's milk cheeses.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Bodegas Muga, nestled in the historic Barrio de la Estacion of Haro in Rioja Alta, represents the pinnacle of traditional Rioja winemaking. Founded in 1932, Muga remains one of the very few estates in Spain to employ an in-house cooperage, ensuring every wooden vat and barrel is crafted to their precise specifications. Their Gran Reserva style is sourced from high-altitude, cool-climate vineyards in the foothills of the Obarenes Mountains, where clay-limestone soils yield grapes of exceptional acidity and structure. The blend is dominated by Tempranillo, supported by Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Graciano. True to ancestral methods, the wine undergoes fermentation in large oak vats, followed by extensive aging in custom oak casks, and is naturally clarified using fresh egg whites before spending several more years maturing in the bottle.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Bodegas Muga blev grundlagt i 1932 af Isaac Muga og Aurora Caño og regnes i dag blandt Spaniens mest agtede og traditionsrige familiedrevne vinhuse. Ejendommen har hjemme i det legendariske Barrio de la Estación i Haro i Rioja Alta-zonen. Vingården værner urokkeligt om de klassiske vinifikationsmetoder og er blandt de få producenter, der stadig råder over sit eget bødkeri. Her fremstiller husets egne bødker-mestre alle gæringskar og lagringsfade af udsøgt egetræ, ligesom vinene klares naturligt med æggehvider. Mugas sortiment forener på harmonisk vis klassisk elegance med moderne finesse og nyder verdensomspændende anerkendelse for sine ikoniske, lagringsværdige cuvéer – ikke mindst Prado Enea Gran Reserva, Selección Especial og det moderne kraftværk Torre Muga samt de roste Conde de Haro-mousserende vine og udtryksfulde hvid- og rosévine fra Rioja.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo