Muga Prado Enea Rioja Gran Reserva 2001 (1.5L) *
Product price
$805.99
Description
A Gran Reserva carries the longest cellar time of any Rioja category before release, and this one comes from 2001, a vintage widely regarded as among the region's greatest in decades. Muga works out of Rioja Alta, the cooler, higher stretch of the appellation that tends to give structured, age-worthy reds, and Prado Enea is its top bottling, built largely on Tempranillo and given long years in barrel and bottle before it ever reaches a shelf.
Two decades on, the color has mellowed toward the rim, still dense at the core, with a magenta glow shading to amber. The nose is savory and layered, soy and pressed bilberry alongside cigar box, rose petal, incense, and a smolder of tobacco. This was always a firmly built wine, and while the tannins have softened with time they still hold their shape, framing succulent cherry and raspberry fruit. The texture is velvety and seamless, the finish long and pure, carrying candied flowers, spice, and a savory close. Approachable now, with plenty of life ahead.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Subregion | Rioja Alta |
| Varietal | Rioja Red Blend |
| Producer | Muga Prado Enea |
| Vintage | 2001 |
| Size | 1.5 L |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
Best Rioja vintage in the last 30 years? 2001 usually pips it over 2004 for me and this wine will do nothing to change my mind. Mature mellow colour, magenta and hints of amber at the rim, still near opaque at the core. Defiant, sweet savoury aromatics of soy and pressed bilberries; somewhere a covert Havana cigar has been left to smoulder defiantly. The structure impresses equally even if the famously sinewy Prado Enea texture is now a little gentler (if still robust and firm of purpose) two decades later. A dreamy smoky character cedes to a more savoury, life-affirming denouement. (Decanter, April 2024)
The current release is the 2001 Prado Enea Gran Reserva from a vintage universally acknowledged as great in Rioja. Medium purple in color, it displays an alluring perfume of cigar box, rose petal, Asian spices, incense, truffle, and black cherry. A wine of finesse, it has a velvety texture, succulent fruit, and a lengthy, pure finish. It is approachable now but will continue to provide pleasure for another 20 years. Importer: Jorge Ordonez, Fine Estates from Spain, Dedham, MA; tel. (781) 461-5767. (Wine Advocate, June 2010)
Deep red. A complex, heady bouquet of dried red berries, sandalwood, rose oil, black tea and licorice pastille. Smooth, focused and gently sweet cherry and raspberry flavors coat the palate, with gentle but integrated tannins providing shape. This silky, seamless wine finishes with a strong echo of candied flowers, spices and minerals. (Vinous, September 2009)