About this product
A living fossil of Spanish wine — Tondonia Gran Reserva spends 6+ years in American oak barrels at the Haro bodega before bottling, producing a wine of extraordinary tertiary complexity: dried cherry, orange peel, tobacco, cedar, and vanilla. Released only when the bodega deems it ready, often 15-20 years after harvest.
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The defining Castilian roast lamb pairing with traditional Rioja Gran Reserva — a Spanish haute cuisine archetype.
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The smoke of aged Idiazabal echoes Tondonia's tertiary oak; quince bridges the wine's dried-fruit character.
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Basque salt cod preparation bridges with Rioja's tertiary complexity through the olive oil emulsion sauce.
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Spanish game bird stew with Rioja's most traditional wine — the wine's age and complexity frame the partridge.
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