A family-run enterprise for over one hundred years, Navarro Lopez has blended tradition and innovation and carries forward the best of Rioja wine making through its presence pretty much all over the world. Below are my tasting notes from a selection of wines that I received for review.
Elegancia 2019Tempranillo 100%
The name says it all, this is an elegant wine
Paired with Chinese bamboo shoots, pork belly and brown rice.
Score 90
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| Chinese bamboo shoots and brown rice for an "elegant" pairing" |
Vina trebolar 2022
Graciano, tempranillo, syrah and garnacha
A wine of stature, with plump structure, perfectly balanced, where the fruit has given space to secondary flavors. I can only imagine tertiary notes would develop in time but this bottle is ready now.
Score 94
Imperio Gran Seleccion 2019
Imperio Gran Seleccion 2019
Tempranillo 100%
This is a delicate tempranillo, this seems to be a recurring feature in Navarro Lopéz wines, a wine that tiptoes to your palate rather than exploding in your mouth. It is elegant and at its peak now. I think that its perfect structure could only suffer from prolonged bottle aging.
I paired it with braised duck legs and soya bean sprouts.
Score 91
Viña Valoria 2013
tempranillo 100%
A truly top notch tempranillo, with all you might expect from that and more. An intense aroma of ripe red fruits leaves you ready for enjoying a perfectly balanced and complex mix of secondary and tertiary flavors. 36 months in American oak confer a smooth elegance to this majestic wine. Great length.
I paired it with shredded slow cooked pork accompanied by red peppers and a touch of spring onions for freshness.
Score 95
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