Las Viñas de Eusebio 2019

The village red from Laguardia 2019 Las Viñas de Eusebio was produced with a blend of Tempranillo with 15% Graciano fermented with 20% full clusters and matured in a combination of 225-, 300-, 500- and 600-liter oak barrels, 15% of them new, for a period of 28 months. For Rivière, this follows the style of 2016, perhaps with a little more volume; it's complex and polished with fine tannins and a seamless palate. It has a slightly iron-like note that made it austere, and it has an earthy touch in the palate. A serious wine that will see the last vintage in 2020. 5,500 bottles were filled in February 2022.

Olivier Rivière combines grapes from three parcels in Elciego, Laguardia and Leza, aged between 40 and 70 years old, to produce this impressive assemblage of Tempranillo with 20% Graciano. Chalky and fresh, especially for a wine with 14.5% alcohol, this is earthy, structured and savoury with bramble, plum and red berry fruit. 2024-31.