Macan - Rioja 2014 (750ml)

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Producer	Macan
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Varietal	Tempranillo
Vintage	2014
Sku	AMB23102407
Size	750ml

In 2009 Benjamin and Ariane de Rothschild created Macán, in Rioja, Spain, in collaboration with Pablo Alvarez, president of the iconic Spanish estate Vega Sicilia. The marriage of these two great wine houses created a wine with elegance and power...these wines should evolve gracefully over the coming years not unlike a top quality Bordeaux or Ribera de Deuro but at a quality level that easily outpaces the price.

Wine Advocate: 94 Points

I tasted the 2014 Macán once again, as they are holding the top wine to give it one more year in bottle before being released. It fermented in oak vats with inoculated yeasts and aged in new barrique for 16 to 18 months. They want to give this cuvée no less than three years in bottle. This 2014 was bottled in May 2016, not quite three years ago yet, but it can provide a good idea of the development the wine is going to have when it's released. It's evolving at a very slow pace; it's a tight red with plenty of tannins, and the time in bottle seems to be doing it good. There is concentration and power, as well as typicity from the variety and the zone, with that austerity from this part of Rioja. It's a serious, modern and nicely crafted Tempranillo with a touch of sweet spices and smoke. It should continue evolving nicely in bottle.