MARQUES DE RISCAL RIOJA RESERVE 2019

Rioja might not have become a household name if it werent for pioneers like Camilo Hurtado de Amezaga, the Marquis de Riscal who looked to Bordeaux for inspiration in the late nineteenth century.In the twenty first century, Riscals Rioja Reserva has become a benchmark wine and reference point for the region. Sourced from Rioja Alavesa, the wine is aged in American oak, a traditional vessel in Rioja lending notes of dill and spice to the finished wine.Concentrated fruit with notes of pepper and licorice, pair with seared lamb chops with fresh rosemary, oven baked ham with fresh herb chimichurri, or aged sheeps milk cheeses.