Loading lot details…
The April 2024 Auction: Part 2
Swipe left for previous · Swipe right for next
1 / 2Lot 5646
Estimate: $375
OC.
This auction has ended. Bidding is closed.
Collection name
Reviews
96JD
"A step up over the 2014 (the last vintage I've tasted), the 2016 Clon De La Familia is a tiny production cuvée based on Tempranillo brought up in French oak. It has a classy nose of ripe red and black fruits as well as oak, licorice, lead pencil, and Asian spices. Rich and medium to full-bodied, it has a ripe but not over-the-top style, wonderful balance, and enough tannins and concentration to allow it to evolve for two decades or more. It's a gorgeous wine.":
Region
Red
Country
Score
"A step up over the 2014 (the last vintage I've tasted), the 2016 Clon De La Familia is a tiny production cuvée based on Tempranillo brought up in French oak. It has a classy nose of ripe red and black fruits as well as oak, licorice, lead pencil, and Asian spices. Rich and medium to full-bodied, it has a ripe but not over-the-top style, wonderful balance, and enough tannins and concentration to allow it to evolve for two decades or more. It's a gorgeous wine.":
Have questions?
Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.
On Spain's high central plateau, Ribera del Duero makes powerful, concentrated Tempranillo (locally Tinto Fino). Wide day-night temperature swings yield deeply colored, structured and age-worthy reds.
Produces powerful, deeply colored Tempranillo from Spain's high plateau, prized for concentration and structure.
Spain's noble red grape, producing structured, savory wines of red fruit and leather that respond beautifully to oak aging in Rioja and Ribera del Duero.