2016 Muga Rioja Rosado (Rose)

Proprietary Blend - 750ML
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jamessuckling.com, July 2017

Lovely rosé with strawberry, peach and flower aromas and flavors. Medium body, light phenolic tension and a crisp finish. Drink now.
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jebdunnuck.com, March 2018

The 2016 Muga Rosado is a classic, delicious rosé. Strawberries, spice, and some underbrush notes all emerge from this clean, balanced, quaffable effort that's ideal for a hot summer day. Drink up.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2018

The 2016 Rosado is really a "clarete" mixing red and white grapes, Garnacha and Viura with a little bit of Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano. The musts are blended and fermented together in small oak vats (there is no...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Rosé
Varietal Proprietary Blend
Country Spain
Region Rioja
Vintage 2016
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 13.5%
Closure Cork

Bodegas Muga is a family-owned Spanish winery founded in 1932 and based in Haro in the Rioja region. The vineyards are located on the foot of the Montes Obarenses within Rioja Alta and benefit from Mediterranean, Atlantic and Continental climatic influences.

Bodegas Muga owns 620 acres of vineyards but also has control over 370 acres owned by vine growers in the area. The soil is mostly clay and limestone divided into small terroirs, each with its own unique and defined personality. The grape varieties are Tempranillo, Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano for the red wines, Viura (Macabeo) and Malvasia for the whites.

Bodegas Muga has four fermentation rooms containing 90 wooden casks with capacities ranging from three thousand to fifteen thousand kilos. This enables them to make different wines depending on the fruit quality and the vineyards they come from. Traditional methods are followed, using oak throughout all the wine-making process (fermentation, aging and storage). Bodegas Muga is one of the very few Spanish wineries that employ three coopers plus a "cubero" (who specializes in the big casks). Fining (clarification) is done using traditional egg whites in oak containers with capacity for 17,500 liters.