Bodegas Roda - Cirsion 2020

James Suckling

This is very precise with currants, raspberries, light vanilla and sandalwood. It turns to smoked meat and paprika with hints of white pepper. It's full-bodied yet very tight and compacted with juicy tannins and lots of flavor at the end. A selection of old vines, 80 or more years old. Eight months in 100% new French barrels. 88% tempranillo and 12% graciano. December 2023 release. This needs four or five years to come together.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The voluptuous, exotic and showy 2020 Cirsion was produced with a blend of 88% Tempranillo and 12% Graciano. It has a velvety texture and a special tactile sensation with very fine tannins, chalky but also juicy and with a vibrant finish and very good acidity (is it the Graciano?). This has always been a very special wine, and in the last few years, the oak feels better integrated and folded into the fruit (despite being 100% new barrels), but it does lend a spicy and smoky twist to it. 6,704 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2022.

The super reliable Roda continues with their focus on R&D (they allocate 7% of their income to it!) and are producing their stable range with the addition of a white from 2019, now in its second year. They work 120 hectares of vineyard, 70 of them owned, mostly in Haro and around it, producing 400,000 bottles per year.

Tim Atkin

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