Ramón Bilbao Gran Reserva
The DB & SB Autumn Tasting 2025
Medal Awarded - Gold
The DB & SB Autumn Tasting 2025
Medal Awarded - Gold
Tasting notes:
This gran reserva Rioja from Ramón Bilbao is a delicious, ready-to-drink fine wine for a really affordable price. Approaching 10 years of age, but the current commercial release, there are flavours of stewed cherry and sweet balsamic, cigar box and Christmas cake, all suggestive of a long ageing in barrel, but there’s also a lovely orange freshness, allied to a medium-weight mouthfeel and a finish loaded with fine, dense, dry tannins, making this an ideal wine for hard cheeses, egg-based dishes, as well as barbecued meat. (Patrick Schmitt MW)