Cerro Anon Reserva 2020

Cerro Anon Rioja Reserva, Bodegas Olarra, Rioja, Spain, 2020

Grapes: A blend of 85% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo & 10% Graciano, oak aged

Producer Tasting Note:

At the time of release, this wine showed a bright crimson red colour. On the nose, aromas of sweet ripe fruit and delicate notes of smokiness. On the palate, tastes of cherry, plum and blackberries combined with gentle clean aromas of oak. Elegant mouthfeel, a full body and a fresh and fruity aftertaste. This wine still has plenty of life in it and should drink very well for the next 10-15 years.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"Thriving with fragrant blossom, rosehip and fresh cranberries and a sultry seam of cigar box oak, and furnished with a broad structure and opulent tannins."

96/100 points (GOLD), DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS, January 2024

"Fragrant red berry compote with liquorice and and balsamic spice; earthy, charcoal, flecked plum and cherry palate. Fresh and full but tightly bound."

GOLD, INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE, 2024

Also awarded 91/100 points, Tim Atkin MW, March 2025, GOLD Mundus Vini Spring Tasting, 2024 and GOLD Berlin Wine Trophy, 2024

Winemaking: Maceration time was 18 days with daily pumping over in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 30ºC Half of the wine underwent malolactic fermentation process in new 225-litre French and American oak casks, while the other half did their malolactic in concrete tanks.

Ageing: Barrel ageing was done in 225-litre oak casks, of which 65% were made of American wood (the rest being French Allier), and it lasted for 20 months with regular racking. The barrels where ageing took place were all from brand new to 7 years of age. Once fining and bottling were done, the wine remained in our bottle cellar for 18 months before we started to release it.

Food Match: Drink with a lamb stew.