El Coto de Imaz Gran Reserva Rioja 2019 (750ml) Burgundy Maconnais Chardonnay

El Coto de Imaz Gran Reserva Rioja 2019 (750ml) Burgundy Maconnais ChardonnayRed wine Gran Reserva. 24 months in French and American oak barrels. Coto de Imaz Gran Reserva 2019 is a red wine with a bouquet that unfolds with ripe red fruit, toasted barrel notes, coconut, and nuances reminiscent of leather and damp earth, which are released as it breathes. On the palate, it reveals a solid and silky structure, with round and well integrated tannins that accompany the fruit and spices with balance and finesse. This Gran Reserva

This is a medium-bodied and elegant Hawkes Bay Chardonnay

This wine represents an old local oenology treasure and it has been recently rediscovered and improved thanks to the careful selections of the grapes

Under Vine Since 1849 – Eden Rift is the oldest continuously producing estate vineyard in California

If I could

The 2018 Domaine Leseurre Unoaked Cuvee Classique Chardonnay displays a straw-colored Chardonnay leads off with a refreshing bouquet of floral aromas

rounded tannins

A yield of 21hl/ha

medium finish displaying touches of fruit punch with ginger ale

the wine shows depth and structure

A nice tug of iron appears very late on the finish as the fruit lingers on

round and persistent palate

from the legendary Champoux Vineyard