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2020 Muga Torre Muga Rioja

Jeb Dunnuck

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One of the first 'new wave' modern styled Riojas, this is a deep and sensuous red. High traditional standards and the best modern winemaking seem to milk everything out of Rioja's amazing climate and old vine fruit. Magnificently polished, it is mouth filling without sacrificing huge density and aging potential. Decant for a good while or lay it down as long as you like, as this is the real deal. Demand is climbing and stocks are low. Collect!

$145.00 in mixed 6+ or $165.00 per bottle

Overview

Grape

Usually about 80% Tempranillo with the rest Mazuelo and Graciano

Its Origins

Bodega Muga was founded in Haro in 1932 and is still in family ownership; the company farms 250 hectares in La Rioja Alta and in addition has long-standing contracts with the owners of another 150 hectares. Located in the foothills of the Montes Obarenses, the five principal vineyards (El Estepal, La Loma, Blatracones, La Loma Alta, and Sajazarra) share clay and limestone soils, each with its own unique microclimate, informed by the happy coincidence of continental, Mediterranean and Atlantic influences. The extended Muga family controls all aspects of the production and advocates the complexity afforded by the entire canon of grapes, that is to say Tempranillo, of course for the red, but also Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano in addition to Viura and Malvasia for the whites.

What The Critics Say

97/100 Jeb Dunnuck

"Lastly, the 2020 Torre Muga just about jumps out of the glass with its complex red and black fruits, savory flowers, tobacco, lead pencil shavings, and graphite-like aromatics. Plush, full-bodied, concentrated, and beautifully balanced, it shows the softer, more rounded style of the vintage and has ripe tannins and a great finish."

96/100 James Suckling

"Torre is a bolder, more concentrated expression of Rioja from Muga. Meaty and tarry nose with smoked bacon. Lots of grilled herbs and some dark sweet spices. Powerful, broad and full-bodied on the palate with lots of vertical, dusty tannins that lead you towards the long, juicy finish. Tempranillo, mazuelo and graciano. Better from 2025."

95/100 RobertParker.com, Luis Gutierrez

"The more modern wine in the portfolio is the 2020 Torre Muga, which has notes of toast, smoke, sesame seeds, smoky bacon, spices, herbs and ripe berries. It is a wine they started producing in 1991, and the change in style also influenced the quality approach and selection of vineyards, grapes and oak for the barrels that they later applied to other wines. It has a polished palate with very fine tannins, chalky and elegant. It's a more approachable vintage, round, velvety and soft, though perhaps without the aging potential of 2021, but it’s very pleasant. It's long. They didn't bottle the 2020 from Aro, so some of those grapes might have finished in this bottle." Drink 2024 - 2035

Stats & Food Matching

Variety	Tempranillo
Region	Rioja
Closure	Cork
Volume	750ml
Maturity	2024 - 2035

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Delivery & Returns

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