Selección Particular is the particular collection of old special vineyards located in the upper part of Labastida.
Color: A highly-concentrated, dark cherry-red colored wine.
Aroma: A lively, delicate nose of red and black fruits with liquorice and leather aromas, with hints of black pepper and dried fruits.
Taste: Balance between its pleasant velvety tannins and acidity. It shows full body with an elegant, slightly bitter finish. It lasts long on the palate with a refined silkiness.
RS: 1.3 g/L
TA: 5.0 g/L
Cured Spanish meats, Iberian cured ham, casseroles, grilled meat, large game and chocolate. Very suitable to drink alone or with lunch and strong flavoured dishes.
"Super-pretty cherry and wild strawberry aromas open to an elegant palate with well-managed, ripe tannins. It is juicy, supported by fresh, direct acidity that drives the wine forward. Oak is very well integrated. 100% Tempranillo from vines aged 40 years or more, and a very good expression of both the vintage and the zone. Chalky tannic lift on the finish. Following malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged for 18 months in second- and third-use French oak barrels, clarified and bottled with no filtration, then rested a further 12 months in bottle before release. - Beth Willard."
- Decanter (April 2026), 96 pts
"Vibrant plums and cherries with a peppery edge to the fruit. Juicy and firm, with a nice wrap of chewy tannins and a lengthy finish. Drink or hold. - Zekun Shuaiw."
- James Suckling (July 2024), 91 pts
Don Diego Quintano y Quintano was born in Labastida, a village in the very heart of Rioja Alavesa. He returned to Rioja in 1783 and devoted his life to viticulture ...
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