The 2009 Reserva is 100% Tempranillo from relatively old vines aged 18 months in French and American oak prior to being bottled unfiltered. This is an outstanding Rioja from a great vintage for the appellation. This should drink well for at least another two decades. Deep plum/ruby/purple with notes of graphite, licorice, forest floor, tobacco leaf and oodles of black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, this full-bodied, dense, supple, silky textured Rioja can be drunk now or cellared for 20 years.