2017 | Bodegas Roda | Sela

A red color with a bright red rim. It is intense, fruity and cheerful, with lot of liveliness. Very nice red fruits in the line of fresh cherries. Medium volume and very fine tannin. The fruity sensation is fresh and delicate. It is long and very nice.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The lightest of the wines here is the 2017 Sela, a wine they think is destined for the by-the-glass market and light foods. It was produced with grapes (mostly Tempranillo but always with small percentages of other grapes, 3% Graciano and 2% Garnacha) fermented with indigenous yeast and matured in French oak barrels for 12 months. It has a clean and precise nose, the house style, with ripe fruit and oak but without any excess, quite balanced and with freshness and enough power. Very tasty and easy to drink.

• James Suckling: A juicy, fruity red with blackberry, chocolate and some walnut undertones. It’s full and round-textured. Delicious finish. This is consistently excellent. Drink or hold.

Producer Information

Roda's flagship wine is Cirsion, a wine made from individually identified vines dotted throughout the vineyards. A specific team of harvest workers are trained to identify these vines, which must be low-yielding and more than 40 years old. Unusually for a premium wine, Cirsion only receives around eight months in barrel, as early trials for the wine revealed its smooth texture and fruit complexity with short-term aging. It is released after a further four months in bottle. There are also two Roda Reserva wines. These are sourced from 17 different vineyard parcels, which are vinified separately in sizeable French oak vats. After one year the barrels designated for the two Roda wines are tasted and blended into one or the other label. Both wines then undergo aging in French oak barriques, followed by at least the minimum period of time in bottle to qualify for Reserva status (three years total aging). The Roda Reserva wine is usually predominantly Tempranillo with around 10 percent Graciano. For this wine the winery seeks to emphasize the red fruit characteristics of Tempranullo. Roda I is usually entirely Tempranillo and spends slightly longer in oak. Here the black fruit characters of the variety are promoted. Sela, Roda's junior wine, is designed to be soft, easy-going and immediately approachable. The fruit comes from vineyards of between 15 and 30 years of age. It sees 12 months in 50 percent new French oak barrels, though fruit is emphasized over vanilla and wood spices. It is mostly Tempranillo with small amounts of Graciano and Garnacha.

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