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Roda I Reserva is assembled exclusively from Tempranillo grapes selected from vineyards yielding firm, structured wines of extended potential longevity. Representing slightly less than fifty percent of production, Roda I is blended in a style to appeal to the Bordeaux drinker’s palate. The wine is deep dark purple in color, with subtle, complex blackberry and raspberry aromas and notes of smoke, herbs and minerals.
- Country: Spain
- Region: Rioja
- Subregion: La Rioja Alta
- Commune/Village: Haro
Bodegas Roda was founded 1987 by Mario Rottlant and Carmen Daurella, a Catalán couple who met through their business affiliations in gourmet products and wine. Well aware of the significant number of excellent traditional wineries in Rioja, their objective was to create superb, high expression red wines in a modern style reflective of the region and the constituent varietals, yet embodying something unique. The symbol of the thistle, an elegant yet hardy flower closely tied to the landscape and capable of persisting long after being cut, conveys a sense of their vision for the wines.
Rottlant and Daurella focused their research on Bordeaux as a benchmark of technique and quality with the idea of producing wines from estate vineyards. With his Managing Director, Agustin Santolaya, Rottlant set out on a search for exceptional existing vineyards. Over a period of months, a map was developed identifying areas in Rioja Alta and Rioja Baja where soil conditions were most desirable and where specific characteristics of altitude and orientation were present. Their research led to relationships with a half dozen families owning vineyards of at least thirty years of age. Eventually, Rottlant secured contractual agreements for control over seventeen different vineyards, each a distinct microclimate.
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