{"product_id":"lopez-de-heredia-rioja-reserva-bosconia-2015","title":"Lopez de Heredia Rioja Reserva Bosconia 2015","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Land\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Barrio de la Estación in Haro is one of wine's stranger addresses: a cluster of historic bodegas packed within a few hundred meters of a railway station, built when Bordeaux négociants fleeing phylloxera arrived in Rioja in the 1870s and permanently changed the region's direction. López de Heredia has occupied this same site since 1877. Bosconia is the estate's 15-hectare vineyard of clay-calcareous terrain in the Rioja Alta, sitting at roughly 465 meters with a north-south orientation that limits direct sun exposure. Heavier clay and slower drainage distinguish it from the limestone-dominant Tondonia plot nearby — conditions that slow ripening and produce fruit with softer, more aromatic character. The 2015 vintage brought Rioja's earliest harvest on record: a compressed four-week window of warm, dry conditions that delivered concentrated, aromatic fruit with fine, supple tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e80% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 5% Mazuelo and Graciano, fermented in large open wooden vats with native yeasts, then aged five years in 225-litre American oak barrels that López de Heredia makes in its own on-site coopery — one of the last functional barrel-making operations attached to a Spanish wine estate. After barrel, the wine rests further in bottle before release, arriving at retail roughly a decade post-harvest. The American oak character is distinctive: dried cherry, cedar, vanilla, tobacco, with tertiary leather, dried rose petal, and forest floor from the extended aging. Garnet with an orange rim, supple and silky on the palate, fine-grained tannin, long dry finish. Bottled in a Burgundy-shaped bottle — López de Heredia's deliberate signal that this is their rounder, more textured expression, in contrast to the Bordeaux-bottled Tondonia, which skews more structured and austere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe People\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eR. López de Heredia was founded in 1877 by Don Rafael López de Heredia, who arrived in the Rioja Alta as French négociants were reshaping the region during phylloxera. He built in Haro's train station quarter and established practices that have barely changed in 150 years: fermentation in large wooden vats, aging in old American oak, no filtration, wines released only when fully mature. The fourth generation, led by María José López de Heredia, now runs the estate. Over 13,000 old American oak barrels cycle through the cellar at any given time, each maintained or produced in the in-house coopery. The winery buys no barrels from outside suppliers. Farming, winemaking, cooperage, and the release decision all happen on López de Heredia's own timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBosconia's silky texture and savory dry finish reward a proper meal. Roasted lamb shoulder with garlic and rosemary, duck confit with cherry sauce, or mushroom-stuffed chicken thighs with a pan jus. A plate of aged Roncal or long-cured Manchego is equally well-matched. The fine tannin and acidity cut through fat cleanly. The kind of wine you open with dinner and are still talking about two hours later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VinMarket","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49635298017503,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P5280209.jpg?v=1780011265","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/lopez-de-heredia-rioja-reserva-bosconia-2015","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}