Alvarez家族與 Rothschild 家族瑞士分支的Benjamin de Rothschild 自2004年起, 花費 10 年時光所打造出的高品質酒款。酒莊設立在 Samaniego 村東北, 人稱「San Millán」處,形狀為狹長的矩形,西南角沿展如「鳥喙」狀,往北是坎塔布里亞山脈(Cantabrian),往南則靠近埃布羅河 (Ebro) 河谷,遠處則可看到 Ezcaray 山脈。由Vega Sicilia 家族主導葡萄園的管理,在 Rioja
Alavesa 買下擁有 25 到 80 年樹齡的葡萄園土地,共約 120 公頃。釀造上遵循 Rioja 地區的古老釀製傳統希望能再次證明 Rioja 的經典風格。本系列酒款絕對是別出心裁的大師級手筆。
WA: 94 Drink: 2019-2024
I tasted the 2014 Macán once again, as they are holding the top wine to give it one more year in bottle before being released. It fermented in oak vats with inoculated yeasts and aged in new barrique for 16 to 18 months. They want to give this cuvée no less than three years in bottle. This 2014 was bottled in May 2016, not quite three years ago yet, but it can provide a good idea of the development the wine is going to have when it's released. It's evolving at a very slow pace; it's a tight red with plenty of tannins, and the time in bottle seems to be doing it good. There is concentration and power, as well as typicity from the variety and the zone, with that austerity from this part of Rioja. It's a serious, modern and nicely crafted Tempranillo with a touch of sweet spices and smoke. It should continue evolving nicely in bottle. This will be released in January 2019. 66,166 bottles, 2,041 magnums, 86 double magnums and 25 imperials were produced in 2014.
