Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva 1978, Marques de Murrieta, Rioja

Color: red-brown-orange, medium depth, good intensity.
Nose: Very complex, vanilla, cinnamon, clove, earl grey tea, tobacco, anis and leather.
Palate: Full bodied minus, very good texture, still very nice fruit, a lot of dryness and very good acidity, complex elegant and prototype for a good classic Rioja.
Foodmatch: This wine needs carré of lamb, consommé sauce with herbs like estragon and raw fried small with peel still on potatoes, simple and a little rustic but yet delicate food.
Cellaring: It s very good now but in Magnum i think several more years.
Alc: 12,5 %