Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva 2021 NO20230802 crafting wines of purity

crafting wines of purity

releasing a new vintage each year rather than chasing an identical house flavor forever

evolving into subtle nutty and brioche tones

the combination Giuseppe Quintarelli used to prove that Bordeaux varieties could make something unmistakably Veneto

white fruits and opens with notes of bread dough and orange peel

Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva 2021 NO20230802 crafting wines of purityMuga is one of the last great traditionalists in Rioja a family house in Haro that still builds its own barrels in an on site cooperage and fines its wines with egg whites. The Reserva is their calling card, and 2021 is a benchmark vintage. It spends two years in oak and another in bottle before release, emerging polished but classic: the kind of Rioja that tastes like Rioja. Tempranillo leads, rounded out with Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Graciano. Drink