Gil Family Estates Biloba de Vera Rioja 2021

Accolades:
94/100 – Guia Peñin
93/100 – Vinous
91/100 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

“The 2021 Biloba de Vera is a village wine from Laguardia (qualified as such from 2023), a more modern, powerful and concentrated red that keeps the balance and freshness. It matured in French oak barrels for 15 months, and they are introducing 500- and 600-liter barrels here to complement the 225-liter used ones. This is harmonious, elegant and balanced, seamless and integrated. It has Rioja typicity, and the oak is neatly integrated and folded into the fruit. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023. This is a wine that will not be produced every year. The 2022 was not bottled, but the wine will return with the 2023 vintage.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Tasting Note: Attractive cherry red color and high layer wine. Fine hints of black plum, blueberries and raspberries, nutmeg, scrub and balsamic notes. Juicy, with vibrant acidity, enveloping and smooth passage through mouth, balanced and persistent in retro nasal.

Winemaking Notes: From our plots of Tempranillo grape variety, located in the town of Laguardia, we select those who stand out due to their potential and high concentration. The vinification is carried out in small stainlesssteel tanks at a controlled temperature then moved on french oak barrels for 15 months, resulting in an up-to-date wine where wood does not stick out on fruit thus achieving a ground-breaking wine in Rioja Alavesa.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Variety: Tempranillo

Region: La Rioja, Spain