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93 Points Wine Advocate
“The Reserva, which is sold as Crianza in Spain, is their most popular wine, representing half of the total production of the firm. As is the norm here, it fermented in oak vats and matured in barrels, in this case for 24 months, crafted by their own coopers. The wine is fined with egg whites and kept in bottle for a further 12 months before it’s released. I had the wine in the glass for a very long time, and it didn’t stop improving; it started a little lactic and creamy, and then it got more and more serious. This is the only red they produced this vintage, so all the best grapes that normally go to other wines were used here; those selected grapes helped to keep the volume of this cuvée, and at the same time, it seems to have boosted the quality of this wine, which feels every bit as good as the 2016. It has a serious palate with fine, chalky tannins and very good balance. This is a textbook Muga red and a triumph over the conditions of the year, elegant and balanced, approachable now and with potential to age.”
This time I only tasted eight wines from Muga … and only two were red! They have a new top-of-the-range white in the Flor de Muga brand, so that’s two whites and two rosés, plus the two sparkling wines. So, Muga is not only red! They didn’t produce Prado Enea in 2012 or 2013, so the following vintage will be 2014, and with Torre Muga and Aro, there’s no 2017 or 2018, so we’ll have to wait until the 2019s are released… The last few vintages have been quite”
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