Orube Seleccion de Familia DOCa. Rioja Bodegas Solar Viejo, 2017

It is not surprising this wine won Gold at the IWSC (International Wine & Spirits Competition) in 2020. This, their flagship wine, is relatively light in structure with an ethereal quality and a bouquet of potpourri, old rose, raspberry, vanilla and cola. Flavours are integrated producing a wine of great elegance and lots of flavour. It is medium bodied, with a powdery texture, some grip on the finish and persistent cherry menthol flavours. Grapes came from the family’s Los Molinos estate vineyard at an elevation of 650 metres. Matured for 24 months in new French oak barrels; the oak is fully integrated.