16,95 €
If there is one Rioja I would hand to someone who wants to understand why the region has such a reputation, it is this. Muga is a name I trust completely, and the Reserva is the bottle that made me fall for them.
Bodegas Muga sit in the Barrio de la Estación in Haro, the historic railway quarter that is the beating heart of Rioja Alta. They are wonderfully old-school — they still run their own cooperage on site, building the oak barrels by hand, and they fine the wine the traditional way with fresh egg whites. The 2019 is Tempranillo led, with Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano filling it out, from a warm, dry year that gave concentrated, generous wines. It spends around 22 months in oak, most of it French, before settling further in bottle.
In the glass it is a deep, bright cherry red. Ripe black cherry and plum lead, with cinnamon, vanilla, a little toasty oak and a savoury, almost truffley depth. The palate is where Muga shines — velvety, fine-grained tannins, dark fruit, espresso and gentle spice, all beautifully balanced and carried through a long, warming finish.
Made for the table: roast lamb, grilled beef, a plate of Iberian ham and aged manchego, or a slow Sunday stew. Give it a decant if you can — it only gets better with a little air.
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