SELA Rioja D.O.C - Bodegas Roda - 2021

75 cl

Robert Parker: 92+ points

Alcohol content: 14% vol.

Grape varieties: 89% Tempranillo, 7% Garnacha, 4% Graciano

Vinification:

Fermentation: Both alcoholic and malolactic fermentation are carried out in large French oak barrels. Maturation: 12 months in 100% semi-new French oak barrels.

Tasting note:

The Sela 2021 is a taste of what to expect from the vintage with its bigger brothers, fresh wines with richness and balance in this cooler year. It is very serious, clean, balanced, delicious to drink and is one of the best vintages for this bottling. It was made from 89% Tempranillo, 7% Garnacha and 4% Graciano with classic parameters, 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.35 grams of acidity. It was bottled after being aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. A clean and modern delicious Rioja.

Bodegas Roda:

The bodega was founded in 1987 in Haro on the River Ebro in the heart of the D.O.Ca Rioja wine region in Spain by the Catalan winemaker couple Mario Rotllant and Carmen Daurella.

Bodegas Roda produces modern Rioja wines of the highest quality with innovation and an uncompromising approach.

The bodega's 40 hectares of vineyards are spread over 3 carefully selected sites and are planted with the classic Rioja grape varieties Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta and Graciano. The vines on the bodega's property are up to 70 years old.