Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2012

$47.99 on 6+ (code: 6saves2) 2012 Tondonia Reserva 95WA/95TA/95VMLa Rioja, Spain The Tondonia is the flagship of the winery and probably nowadays the most popular of all the Rioja wines made in this special region. This again is a wine I personally buy every year - you will read that a lot here - I only try to offer wines that I personally admire. These wines drink amazingly well now but have the ability to age gracefully another 20 years easy. Wines like this that are held back and matured at the winery should cost a fortune, but lucky for us, Lopez de Heredia thought to do this a long time ago, setting them up to economically be able to do so and offer us a true superior value wine.Grapes: Tempranillo 70%, Garnacho 20%, Graciano and Mazuelo 10%95 points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate)"[$65 list] The 2012 Viña Tondonia Reserva comes from a very dry year, with 25% less rain than the average (at the time), resulting in lower yields of very healthy grapes that delivered wines with nice ba