Akutain Gran Reserva 2004

Bodega Akutain

This is an excellent red wine with the virtues of the great classic wines of Rioja Alta, with a long, gradual and careful ageing. Corresponding to the 2004 vintage, which was rated as excellent in Rioja, this wine was aged in oakbarrels during 994 days. The perfect pairing for this wine would be all kinds of red meat and even cheese or pâté. We recommend opening the bottle 30 minutes before consumption for oxygenation. With a tile red color and a thick and consistent tear, this wine is bright and presents great clarity with a high layer. In the nose it is explosive and frank, showing its roast aromas at their best mixed with leathers and tobaccoes, revealing this way its aromatic power in a well- assembled form. As the wine aerates and oxygenates it changes in a chameleonic way, disappearing the leather and the balsamic sparkles, and being the caffé latte and vanilla notes more intensely felt. This is a very interesting wine in the nose. When we drink it we find the elegance of this wine at its maximum. With an excellent palate and an almost exaggerated warmth, it produces a magical salivation, reflecting a slow and good ageing. The flavour is enveloping, tannins are very delicate and alcohol is well integrated, being almost unnoticed as well as proving to be a wine where all natural processes have taken very slowly, with a very high nanoproteins extraction. The result is a wine with a strong skeleton, but difuminated with certain fatty touches and well polymerized. In the end, a long and pleasant aftertaste lasts completing the experience.