Lopez de Heredia Vina Bosconia Rioja Reserva Organic 2013 750ml

Expert Review - Vintage 2013

Eric Asimov, Nov 2025, New York Times: A great 12-year-old Rioja Reserva? That’s López de Heredia for you. This guardian of traditional Rioja releases wines only after they are aged sufficiently to be enjoyed. This bottle, spicy, complex and lightly tannic, is not a pop-and-pour thirst quencher. It’s for enjoying with a small Thanksgiving party of wine lovers who will take the time to savor a great wine. (Think Global Wines, Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Zekun Shuai writes:  Savory berries, preserved plums, iron, orange peel, dry earth, walnut husks, graphite and mussel shells. Full-bodied with depth and excellent structure. Tannins are grippy yet fine-grained and juicy, with a long, bright finish. A select, concentrated vintage. Drink from 2026.  - James Suckling 95

Luis Gutiérrez writes:  The 2013 Viña Bosconia Reserva even in a cooler and rainier year, like 2013, has a rounder body and still 13.5% alcohol. They also insisted that "remember that we can use 15% of wine from another vintage, and perhaps we topped this one up with wine from 2015. We want consistency year after year." This matured in barrels for five years and was bottled unfiltered but fined with egg whites. It's expressive, elegant and subtle, clean and complex, with polished tannins and very good acidity (pH 3.3 and 6.7 grams of tartaric acid per liter of wine). 70,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2021.  Drinking 2024 to 2033.  - Robert Parker Wine Advocate 93+

Jancis Robinson writes:  Shaded ruby with a blackish tinge. Pure classic Rioja nose and fruit. Low alcohol! Every bit as good as other Bosconias I have tasted. Great Value for such a classic wine that's 12 years old.  Drinking 2023 to 2028.  - Jancis Robinson 17

Winemaker Description 

Vina Bosconia comes from the 15ha El Bosque vineyard on the banks of the river Ebro at an altitude of 465m, one km away from the Haro winery. The vines here are planted on the south-facing foothills of the Sierra Cantabria. The soil is a mixture of clay and limestone, with an average vine age of 40 years. The blend is Tempranillo (80%), Garnacha (15%) with Mazuelo (aka Carignan) and Graciano making up the balance. The wine aged in barrel for 5 years, being racked twice a year.

Viña Bosconia Reserva 2013 unveils an aromatic palette where ripe red fruits such as cherries and plums are prominent, interwoven with hints of vanilla and spices. On the palate, its elegance is manifested in a smooth and rounded texture, with fine tannins that lead to a long and lingering finish. Its complexity is gradually unveiled with each sip, displaying a delightful evolution from the initial encounter to the final reverberation on the palate.