With its deep, crushed-raspberry colour and expressive bouquet, Finca Valhonta conjures up childhood memories of clandestine summer raids of the berry patch and orchard - a pocket full of raspberries and loganberries; cherries plucked hurriedly with their leaves (don't tell my mother). After time in the glass, the vibrant and lilting aromas turn warmer and more rounded, if no less evocative: an undeserved mug of creamy hot chocolate; homemade bread fresh out of the oven. Rich, full and succulent in the mouth, with vital acidity and fine oak. Not an old-school Rioja, but a thoroughly authentic Rioja nonetheless, this is a single-vineyard 100% Tempranillo, from the 'Grand Cru' Finca Valhonta, which lies at 650m elevation on the southern slope of Sierra Cantabria: at the extreme upper limit of Rioja's vine cultivation zone, and in the extreme northwest corner of the region.
LaLomba Finca Valhonta
Ramon Bilbao
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Winemaking
From handpicked grapes in 250kg crates to berry-by-berry selection on an optical sorting table, our Lalomba wine is meticulously crafted. A 3-day maceration is followed by fermentation with vineyard yeasts. After 12 days, gentle pressing leads to French oak barrels for 14 months, then back to concrete vats for 8 months of final refinement.
Press Review
18/20 - The silken grace of this wine is striking; knee-buckling. It thrums with energy. Smoky and kohl smudged, mulberry sweet and tingling with mica-shiny-black glittering minerality. Truffles and wild mushrooms and thyme. Pulsing with purity. Achingly long. Drink 2023-2037.
Press Review
91/100 - Promising nose of garrigue, meat and opulent cherry and plum compote with notes of tobacco and leather. Ripe and round, with silky tannins. Drinking window: 2022-2032
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Product Specification
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ColourRed
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CountrySpain
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RegionRioja
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StyleMedium to Full Bodied
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKUJ6426117
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Alcohol %14.5%
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GrapeTempranillo
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Unit Volume75cl
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VeganYes
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VegetarianYes