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Enologist: Jaime de
Simón
D.O.C. Rioja
Grapes: Garnacha
100%
Ageing: It was aged for 16 months in
fine-grained Allier Oak Casks, and bottled in
June 2008. It needs to mature in the bottle, in
order to reach the perfect age for drinking.
Tasting
Notes:
Very intense violet-red. Cardinal-red edges.
Without swirling the wine, intense aromas of red
fruits, gooseberry, strawberry. When the wine is
swirled there emerge nuances of fine woods,
elegant and well assembled, with hints of hay
and aromatic herbs. Smooth, inviting entry.
Well-integrated tannins, with flavors of ripe
strawberries, chocolates.. etc. On the
aftertaste it's long-lasting, with high-roasted
nuances, elegant and with a fresh finish.
Importers Notes
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Additional
Information
The Bodega
dates back to the second half of the 19th century,
when Francisco Javier Solano y Eulate, the
 'Marquis
de la Solana' and owner of a large area of vineyards
in Villabuena, decided, on the advice of the famous
oenologist from Bordeaux, Msr. Pineau, to begin
making and aging his wines according to methods
imported from Médoc and to start selling them in
bottles, after aging, under the label 'Marqués de la
Solana'.
Following the
enlargement of the bodega’s underground ‘calados’
or caves, the importation of the first wine-making
machinery and the introduction of oak casks from
Bordeaux, the wines started to win major awards such
as the silver medal at the Logroño Exhibition in
1898 and the gold medal at the Universal Exhibition
in Barcelona in 1929.
On the death of
the Marquis, his property was inherited by his
daughters, Mª Teresa and María Solano
(grandmother of the current owners), who changed the
name of the bodega to Bodegas de Crianza S.M.S. (the
abbreviation of the family surnames).
Nowadays, the bodega, which changed its name once
again in 1996 to Viñedos y Bodegas de la Marquesa,
continues to be a family firm and is owned by Juan
Pablo de Simón and his brothers, while the next
generation, Pablo and Jaime de Simón (Juan Pablo’s
sons) are preparing to take over the running of the
company in the future.
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