22/07/2024
Viña Monty Graciano 2016 from Bodegas Montecillo is the Decanter World W**e Awards 2024 ‘Best in Show’! 🍷
It scored an outstanding 97 points in the competition making it one of Decanter’s Top 50 w**es of the year out of over 18,000 entries.
Here's what the judging team had to say: “The late-budding and late-ripening Graciano is, in our warming times, a variety of increasing significance in Rioja, so we shouldn’t be surprised that a pure-Graciano Rioja emerged for the first time in our Best In Show selection this year. No youngster, though: this 2016 Reserva w**e shows just how well this sometimes forbidding variety can perform in Rioja, given a suitable site and some age. In the glass, you’d guess that the w**e was at least five years younger than it is: it’s still an opaque black-red. The aromas are pure and fresh, reminiscent as much of plants as of fruits, while the only palpable sweetness comes from the w**e’s 28 months in oak. On the palate, you’ll find the w**e firm and almost stern, with ample tannin and a fresh fruit core reminiscent of blueberries and damsons; there’s some root spice, too. Definitely a food choice, showing Rioja’s terroir in an unusual and dramatic light.”
Find out more about this exceptional 100% Graciano here: https://www.ehrmannsw**es.co.uk/news/via-monty-graciano-is-decanters-best-in-show-97pts/374
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