Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from South Africa, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Italy, Spain and more….

Timed Online Auction, 27 June - 15 July 2024

Italy, Spain, Portugal

Sold for

ZAR 3 752
Lot 222
  • Lopez de Heredia; Viña Gravonia Blanco Crianza; 2004; 2 (1 x 2); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 500 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 752
Location
Wine Storage

About this Item

2004 Viña Gravonia Blanco Crianza
2 (1 x 2) 750ml
López de Heredia Viña Tondonia is a Rioja producer that is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest wine estates. It was founded in 1877 and is well known for its traditional winemaking approach. It is particularly associated with its Tempranillo-based wines from the Tondonia vineyard to the extent that this now forms part of the company name. The late-release wines have long barrel ageing and can age extremely well including the whites which are highly sort-after.

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

‘It has a bright, shiny (almost fluorescent!) yellow color and a fresh nose of citric fruit (pink grapefruit), fennel, dried flowers, chamomile, beeswax and hints of mushrooms. The palate has superb acidity, which gives it incredible freshness with great delineation and purity of flavors finishing very dry with a mineral, almost saline note. It invites you to have another bottle! This wine is labeled Crianza, but the aging times (and the quality) greatly exceed the requirements for the category. It’s sold almost a decade after the vintage year, so I still consider it a real bargain. Delicious now, but it should age with style. Drink new-2024.’ - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate, 94/100 (Dec 2013)

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