2010 Muga Rioja Prado Enea Gran Reserva 1.5L [JS99][WA97][V97][JD95+][D94][WE94][WS94]

Producer: Bodegas Muga  
Region: Rioja, Spain  
Blend: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Grenache, Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano 
Year: 2010 

James Suckling, 99 Points 

"The wonderfully silky texture with an added juiciness is what makes this wine so very special. The flawless and seamless nature to the wine is so impressive that it takes you breath away. Plenty of beautiful fruit but what mouthfeel. Drink now and forever." 

Wine Advocate, 97 Points 

"This is the most classical among the wines in the portfolio, the one with the longer élevage, a little bit like the wines from yesteryear but with today's knowledge about vineyards and vinification/élevage. This has settled to a blend of approximately 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and the remaining 10% between Mazuelo and Graciano, from the cooler, higher-altitude vineyards, which means they only bottle it every two or three years. In recent years, 2007 and 2008 were not bottled. It ferments in small oak vats built by their own tonneliers, and they like to delay malolactic until the spring by opening the windows so the cold from outside comes into the winery. For the aging, each variety goes into separate barrels racked from newer to older barrels to complete some 36 months or three years. It has very healthy and balanced parameters, and that's what the wine feels like. It's still young. It's never a dark wine, more of a ruby or bright color, and it has a nose of youth, subtle and elegant. But the quality shows in the unbelievable elegance and harmony on the palate, where the tannins are very fine, the flavors are subtle but deep and the length is just phenomenal. This is only medium-bodied, with perfect ripeness and integrated acidity." 

Vinous, 97 Points 

"The Gran Reserva Prado Enea is an icon of Rioja, sourced from vineyards planted in three towns of northern Rioja Alta—Sajazarra, Cellorigo, and Fonzaleche—where old vineyards on white soils abound. The 2010, a mature wine, is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano aged for 36 months in barrel. It showcases herb and sour cherry notes, complemented by dried flowers, plums and a subtle layer of cigar box. Dry, silky and juicy, delicate tannins provide support and texture to a nimble, flavorful flow. It skillfully combines both power and delicacy and still has plenty of time to develop its full potential." 

Jeb Dunnuck, 95+ Points 

"The 2010 Prado Enea Gran Reserva checks in as 80% Tempranillo and the balance an even split of Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Graciano, all of which was destemmed and aged 36 months in oak and an additional 36 months in bottle. It’s a rocking, feral, wild bottle of wine that offers tons of smoky black fruits, graphite, crushed rock, and coffee bean-like aromas and flavors. Deep, rich, full-bodied, backward, and closed on the palate, it has a great mid-palate, terrific purity of fruit, and a great finish."  

Decanter, 94 Points 

"Prado Enea is a wondrous wine, an extraordinary marriage of an essentially modern outlook, but within a gran reserva framework. The best of both worlds, in other words. After 36 months in French oak and extended bottle age, this fantastic vintage is really starting to sing; sweet but dark fruits, soft spice and black pepper, a firm tannic grip, yet with an ethereally silky texture. Beguiling from start to finish." 

Wine Enthusiast, 94 Points 

"Ripe, chunky and slightly static is how to describe the nose on this prime gran reserva from a benchmark year. A flush lush palate shows no gaps and is full from side to side. Baked plum and berry flavors are ripe to the max without tasting sweet, while this darkens up and tastes more savory on the finish. *Editors' Choice*" 

Wine Spectator, 94 Points 

"A silky texture carries berry, cherry, spice and mineral flavors in this generous red. Orange peel acidity and light, firm tannins keep this focused. Maturing notes of tobacco and tea add depth. Harmonious and graceful." 

Alcohol: 14% 

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