Grand Cru Wine Merchants

The 2005 La Nieta is sourced from its namesake vineyard planted in 1975. The wine was aged for 18 months in new French oak and bottled without filtration. Purple/opaque in color, it exhibits a brooding nose of toasty new oak, espresso, mineral, and assorted black fruits. This leads to a sweetly-fruited wine with some elegance and plenty of length. Although it will evolve for 2-3 years, this is a Rioja that can be enjoyed now through 2020. -93pts WA (JM)