First labelled as Château Ygay, this cult wine wine is now known as Castillo Ygay following a complaint from the French wine industry. A blend of Tempranillo and Mazuelo sourced from La Plana, a 40-hectare (98-acre) vineyard planted in 1950 at 485 meters altitude. The grapes are vinified separately and aged for 28 months in a mix of French and American 225-litre oak barrels and a further 13 months in a concrete tank before bottling. Harmonious, long-lived and complex, it can hold for decades.
Producer description:
Marqués de Murrieta has always been a pioneer in Rioja. Proudly old-fashioned in its approach, all the grapes are sourced from the bodega's own vineyards, at Ygay near Logroño, which now spreads across 300ha. No less than 14,000 casks are used in the cellar where the wines are aged for a minimum of two years (much longer than at any other Bodegas). They make Marqués de Murrieta, the glorious and very rare Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial and since 1995, a premium super-cuvée, Dalmau.
Style:
Still Red
Vintage:
2011
Dryness:
Dry
ABV:
14
Size:
1.5l
Delivery:
4 weeks
Available:
1
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Critic Scores
Decanter | 97
The essence of classicism, built upon utmost care in the vineyard and the strictest selection. Made from selected plots within a single vineyard, aged in concrete for one year before starting oak ageing during 28 months, followed by bottle ageing for at least six more years. It looks deceptively mature, having a very long life ahead, but being delicious to drink now. Intense classic aromas of dried fruit and undergrowth, enhanced by notes of clove and tea leaves, and with a difficult to express memory of black fruit. Round and rich in the mouth, silky and intense, slow and generous. A top wine, not far from its now iconic 2010 sibling. If one could live to see this wine at its peak.... Drink 2022 – 2091
Robert Parker | 97
The wine feels lively, and it seems impossible that it has been in bottle for over six years. It has the classical profile with the effect of the American oak barrels, cigar box, cedar wood, sweet spices aromatic, intoxicating, complex. This should age very slowly and for a very long time. 131,668 bottles produced. Drink 2022 – 2040.
James Suckling | 98
Extremely well-mannered, traditional character to this, showing layer upon layer of savory complexity on the nose, with iron, dried meat, tobacco, balsamic fruit, dried red berries, orange peel, leather and dried mushrooms. A medium-to full-bodied, linear and zesty Rioja that’s full of nuanced flavors that linger through the very long, savory finish. Floral, too. Yet, it remains bright and precise. Tempranillo with 16% mazuelo. Drink on release or hold
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