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2009 Muga, Prado Enea Gran Reserva, Rioja

Colour: Red
Vintage: 2009
Region: Rioja
% Alcohol: 14.00

Bodegas Muga is one of our favourite producers. There’s so much that is good about the Muga enterprise: they continue to purchase vineyards, taking their total holdings to over 350 hectares, as they firmly believe that contract growers cannot deliver the same quality fruit as those which are estate-owned; they still produce their own barrels on-site, even personally choosing their own trees from specific French forests; and they continue to walk the perfect line between modern methods and traditional style. They are arguably the most dependable – and dependably impressive – producer in Rioja. Whilst they make a range of wines encompassing traditional and modern, our favorites are the Gran Reserva Prado Enea, perhaps the finest traditional-styled Rioja in our range, and the more polished Aro.

97 JS
96 RP
93 WS
2009 Muga, Prado Enea Gran Reserva, Rioja

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Tasting Notes and Scores

97 JS

Gorgeous aromas of ripe fruit, Spanish cedar and dark chocolate. Full body with beautiful flavors of fresh strawberries and raspberries. Super polished and refined. Lovely tension. Refined and polished. A wine with superb depth. Always a masterpiece. Better in 2018 but a joy to taste now. b>– jamessuckling.com, October 2016

James Suckling

96 RP

The most classic cuvée was not produced in 2007 or 2008, so we jumped to the phenomenal 2009 Prado Enea. It was produced with grapes from cooler vineyards that enjoyed 20 extra days of slow ripening compared with warmer zones, which provided them with perfect ripeness and deep flavors. This blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and the remaining 10% between Mazuelo and Graciano had an extended élevage, in this case no less than three years (alternating newer and older barrels). This is still a baby and I know Winemaker Jorge Muga would like to keep it in bottle for longer before selling it, but the commercial pressure is tremendous, as there has been no wine since 2006. The wine has 14.1% alcohol and a surprising 3.34 pH, especially considering 2009 was generally a warm and ripe year. But somehow this cuvée seems to work very well in ripe vintages. The wine feels even younger on the palate, and it still needs to develop some further complexity and the silky texture for which this wine is famous. There is good balance here and all the elements are in place for a nice development in bottle. In fact, it feels like one of the great recent vintages of Prado Enea. There will be no Prado Enea in 2012 and 2013 either, but it's produced in 2010, 2014 (small quantities) and 2015. At this quality level, the price seems like a real bargain. 90,000 bottles produced in 2009. Luis Gutierrez (Wine Advocate #226, Aug 2016)

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93 WS

Plump and lively, this red delivers plum, tobacco, licorice and candied orange flavors, with firm tannins and balsamic acidity supplying structure. In the traditional style, showing uncommon richness. Drink now through 2021. 900 cases made. - winespectator.com, March 2017

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