CVNE, Real de Asúa Carromaza, Rioja, 2021

Name: CVNE, Real de Asúa Carromaza, Rioja
Brand: Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España
Price: 382.33 GBP

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critic reviews

96/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Charred sandalwood, taut fruit, eucalyptus and mint, with waves of cloves and rose petals. As it opens you suddenly get studded by anis, fennel, not overly marked by the oak, with a savoury edge that makes for a mouthwatering finish. 50% new oak for ageing, 225l barrels from Troncais, 3.63ph. Generous and accessible, this will age well but no need to wait more than a year or two to begin enjoying. The 2021 vintage saw an extended growing season in Rioja because of a great late September and October weather.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2040

date of review 08/2024

96/100Luis Gutierrez,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

I also tasted the 2021 Real de Asua, which was already in bottle. 2021 was cooler, and the wine has a little less alcohol than the 2020 I tasted next to it. It comes from the same vines and the process was similar, but in this case, they didn't use any new barrels in the aging, which took place in 100% second-use barriques. This was very recently bottled and felt a little dizzy, with a slightly blurry nose, somehow creamy and with a more oxidative touch and a more solid palate, a little more exuberant and with abundant tannins that need time to get polished and/or powerful food. I might be getting it wrong, because the harvest was better than 2020. But today, the wine is still a bit of a question mark. Time will tell... 14,493 bottled produced. It was bottled in January 2024.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2040

date of review 02/2024