2001 Vina Bosconia Reserva - Lopez de Heredia

Sisters Maria Jose and Mercedes are passionate about continuing to make wine as they're great grandfather did when he founded Lopez de Heredia in the late 1800's. If you ever have an opportunity to meet them I would highly recommend it, as their passion and love for the wine they make is infectious. And it should be. Their wines are without peer in Rioja. Lopez de Heredia makes absolutely amazing single vineyard wines that truly show an expression of terroir. The 2001 Bosconia Reserva is the current release and still showing very young and fairly tight for a wine with this much age on it. It just gives you an idea of how well this will age. I love the description that comes from the International Wine Cellar, "Smoky redcurrant, dried cherry and floral aromas gain power with air, picking up notes of licorice and pungent herbs. Highly complex in the mouth, displaying sweet red berry and bitter cherry flavors along with a spicecake quality. The tannins are fully absorbed, allowing the sweet fruit to stand out. As complex as this is right now, it will reward many more years of cellaring. " Sounds so good.