W&S 94
Wine & Spirits, December 2023
If you love traditional Rioja, Tondonia Reserva delivers from 2011, tight and floral, light and meaty with complexity that doesn’t stop. This is estate grown on a meander of the Ebro near the winery in Haro, where the López de Heredia family ferments this juice with ambient yeasts in large oak vats, then rests it in old barrels before long aging in bottle. Silken in texture with notes of oak and an edge of volatility, this is a mouthwatering Rioja that’s about as versatile a red wine as you can find.