Roda Reserva 2007 Bodegas Roda

Classification	Cru Classe
Type	Red
Brand	Bodegas Roda
Vintage	2007
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Grape	Tempranillo
Volume	0,75
Condition	From Original Wooden Case
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (90)

The 2007 Roda Reserva is a blend of 89% Tempranillo, 8% Garnacha and 3% Graciano with half the crop aged in new oak for 16 months. It has a ripe, dark berry, espresso and cassis bouquet that unfolds nicely in the glass and demonstrates more complexity and harmony than the previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with taut tannins. It displays fine acidity with clean fruit flavors of wild strawberry, raspberry, tart red cherries and a touch of citrus peel. It has a pleasing symmetry to it, while it offers more persistence than the 2006. Drink now-2019.

The wines from Bodegas Roda should need no introduction. “We want to offer consistency,” winemaker Gonzalo Lainez told me. “We own and control 28 different vineyards and we choose the best seventeen every year. The Reserva is more red fruit character, more gastronomic. Other single vineyards that have a black fruit character are not so easy to find at an early stage and are blended into Roda I. So vineyards can end up in either, or be sold off. We work under three tenets. We like acidity in our wines, the oak must play a secondary role and the most important, supple tannins.” I enjoyed the wines of Roda, but to be frank, I often found myself searching for a sense of personality, as if the wines were somehow pre-designed instead of working with what Mother Nature gifts. They are highly pleasurable, but in an age where high-end consumers are looking for wines that say something, I would like to see the wines from Roda opening their mouths. Moreover, I do detect the oak too often, analogous to a supporting actor reading the leading actor’s lines. These tasting notes derive from samples that were mostly tasted twice in the UK.

Winespectator (86)

This plump red has a supple texture and round flavors of plum, licorice and vanilla. Offers juicy acidity and just enough tannins for grip. Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano. Drink now. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.

BOW (6.25)