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Vina Tondonia, Tinto Reserva, 2010
A heady mix of bruised plums, hedgerow berries and ripe red cherry fruit. Developing notes of pipe tobacco, dry dates, ground coffee, truffle and a smattering of clove, nutmeg and orange peel rounds out the finish with a distinctly saline twang.
critic reviews
The 2010 Vina Tondonia Reserva has all I expect from a Reserva from Tondonia, complexity, elegance and evolution, a developed nose with notes of forest floor and wild berries, herbs and flowers, a touch of iodine, brick dust and very fine, polished tannins. It has the seriousness and elegance of Tondonia. This is a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho (they use the masculine form of the name of the grape) and 5% each Graciano and Mazuelo that fermented in the ancient oak vats from when the winery was created 144 years ago and matured in well-seasoned, American oak barrels for six years. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.4 and 6.6 grams of acidity. 260,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2017.