Lindes de Remelluri Viñedos de Labastida 2014 Magnum

The 2014 Lindes de Remelluri Viñedos de Labastida was cropped from a challenging year in Rioja that saw a late harvest complicated by rain so that they had to do a severe sorting of the grapes. It's mostly Tempranillo with some Garnacha. Of the two vintages of Labastida, this 2014 feels more harmonious than the 2015. It has a medium-bodied palate with very fine tannins and a mineral/stony sensation that is a texture rather than a flavor. 60,499 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2016. - Luis Gutiérrez. 

Bramble berries, rich black cherries with a very fluid and elemental feel. Then, on the palate, red cherries and raspberries, discreet spices, chalky, dense and fresh stony tannins and a seamless, long and succulent finish. Taut, elegant Rioja. Try from 2021.

Picked one week later than the Lindes bottling from neighbouring San Vicente, this is made with purchased grapes and is a threesome of mostly Tempranillo with Viura and Garnacha. Fresh, mineral and reflecting the cooler vintage, it's tangy and crunchy with an overlay of sweet oak.