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2020 Miguel Merino "Viñas Jóvenes" Rioja

2020 Miguel Merino "Viñas Jóvenes" Rioja

91RP
91TA
$13.99

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91

Wine Advocate

Reviewed July 2022
The more modern Crianza (sold as generic) 2020 Viñas Jóvenes (young vines in Spanish) was produced with grapes from vines planted 2001, three different plots, with 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano. It's juicy and expressive with pungent aromatics of licorice and herbs, very clean. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and matured in well-seasoned, neutral barrels for 12 months.16,000 bottles produced, almost one-fourth of their total production. It was bottled in May 2022, five days before I tasted it, but the wine felt quite harmonious. (LG)

Professional Reviews

91

Tim Atkin

Review Date: 02/2023
ncluding 10% Garnacha for the first time, which brings some extra zip to the Tempranillo base, this "young vine" cuvée uses grapes that were planted in 2001. Floral, sappy and subtly wooded, it's a much more serious wine than it seems on first acquaintance. 2023-28

Notes

Vinas Jovenes is the young vine bottling from Miguel Merino. Sourced from several vineyard where, in the last 25 years, they have started replanting vineyards in sites around the village of Briones. This is mostly Tempranillo with a little Graciano and Garnacha. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and then is aged in used barrels for one year. The barrels were previously used for their Reserva wine, and the staves are made from American oak and the heads from French oak. The wine is then bottled and left to age for one additional year before release. This wine easily qualifies as a Crianza but is not labeled so. This is a wine about the region and varietals first, not how it is aged. This young and fresh Rioja boasts bright fruit tones, subtly framed with oak and accented with herbs, spice, and earth.

Details

OriginRioja, Spain
Type/VarietalTempranillo
Alcohol Content14%
SKU1688374