Marqués de Murrieta Limited Edition Gran Reserva 2016

Very much the product of a cooler vintage, the 2016 Gran Reserva is a wine that will reward patience. Combining Tempranillo with 10% Graciano and 8% Mazuelo, each aged separately in American oak, this is perfumed and lightly balsamic, with vanilla, wild herb and brown toast top notes, lots of chalky minerality and flavours of damson and blackberry. Drink date: 2026-2040. Score – 96. (timatkin.com, Rioja Special Report 2023)