Wednesday, December 28th, 2022
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We're OPEN for in-store shopping and standing by to help with your New Year's needs!
Come by and see us! Here's our store's New Year's holiday schedule:
- Tuesday 12/27: 11 AM - 7:30 PM
- Wednesday 12/28: 11 AM - 7:30 PM
- Thursday 12/29: 11 AM - 7:30 PM
- Friday 12/30: 11 AM - 7:30 PM
- Saturday 12/31: 11 am - 4 PM
- Sunday 1/1 to Thursday 1/5: CLOSED
2495 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA, 94043
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Ladies and gentlemen—Muga has done it again. Words can't describe how stunning their finest vintage of Prado Enea Gran Reserva is!!!
97 Points - Robert Parker's WA:
"This is, year in, year out, my favorite wine from Muga, and in this powerful and ripe year, these late-harvesting vines ripened thoroughly and delivered a full array of aromas and flavors so that the wine has plenty of depth and complexity... perfumed, floral and rich, textured and beautifully balanced. One of the finest Prado Enea vintages."
97 Points - James Suckling:
"Reserved and polished, this is a Prado Enea with great class and focus. It’s so aromatic,with plum, peach, cherry and cedar character... very fine tannins and a long, fresh finish. Elegance with power here."
96 Points - Jeb Dunnick:
"Rich, medium to full-bodied, incredibly pure, and balanced, it has ripe, still present tannins, impeccable balance, and a great finish."
94 Points, #53 Top 100 of 2022 - Wine Spectator:
"...this harmonious red is plushly creamy on the palate, like fine cashmere, showing seamless integration Drink now through 2030. Only 2,000 cases imported."
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Only 24 bottles left, arriving tomorrow Thursday 12/29
Bodegas Muga was founded in 1932, and has since quickly risen to become the top Spanish winery in the world.
The winery controls every step of the viticultural and vinification process from the vineyards to making their own barrels and fermenting and aging the wine entirely in oak. Muga is one of only six estates in the world that owns its own cooperage and import the oak directly from the United States and France.
They play by their own rules, and it works... neither traditional nor modern, their wines have paved a proven style all on their own.
Their Prado Enea Gran Reserva is one of Rioja's flagship Gran Reservas, a wine that exemplifies the savory, developed nuance this classification is known for combined with the structure, fruit, freshness, acidity, and ageability of Rioja's greatest Gran Reservas. A minimum of 48 months aging in oak of varying sizes and age, ranging from 225L barrique to 16,000L oak vat, is required. All coopered on the premises, Muga's oak is a blend of French (80%) and American (20%). The wine is then aged in bottle for a minimum of 36 months before release. This wine is tempting to drink now, but it will age well for years.
Salud,
—James Tran
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2015 Bodegas Muga "Prado Enea" Rioja Gran Reserva
97 Points - Robert Parker's WA:
"The most classical of their wines, the 2015 Prado Enea Gran Reserva is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano, mostly from Rioja Alta (Sajazarra, Cellorigo and Fonzaleche), but the Garnacha is from different plots in the zone of Tudelilla at high altitude. These grapes are always picked last, but the wine has a similar alcohol level as the rest, around 14.5% in a warm year like 2019. The modus operandi is similar to other of the top cuvées—harvested into 200-kilogram boxes, destemming, optical sorting and fermentation in small oak casks with indigenous yeasts. The élevage in this case is extended to 36 months, and the barrels are only 10% new. This is, year in, year out, my favorite wine from Muga, and in this powerful and ripe year, these late-harvesting vines ripened thoroughly and delivered a full array of aromas and flavors so that the wine has plenty of depth and complexity. It has a very classical profile, with incipient tertiary notes, perfumed, floral and rich, textured and beautifully balanced. They compare this 2015 with 2009 and 2005 in terms of style but with freshness in the style of 2001 and 2010. It's enjoyable but should also develop for a long time in bottle. One of the finest Prado Enea vintages. 108,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2018. There's no 2012 or 2013 of this. There will be a 2016 and 2019, but no 2017 or 2018. 2020 is still a question mark, they have not yet decided it." - LG (7/22)
97 Points - James Suckling:
"Reserved and polished, this is a Prado Enea with great class and focus. It’s so aromatic,with plum, peach, cherry and cedar character. Salted olives, too. Medium-to full-bodied with very fine tannins and a long, fresh finish. Elegance with power here. Give it three or four years to open, but already impressive." (Nov 2022)
96 Points - Jeb Dunnick
"The 2015 Prado Enea Gran Reserva comes from a hotter, riper vintage, but it shares similar gamey, exotic aromatics of red and black fruits, sappy herbs, flowers, leather, iron, and background cedary oak. Rich, medium to full-bodied, incredibly pure, and balanced, it has ripe, still present tannins, impeccable balance, and a great finish. This is a classic expression of this cuvée that can be enjoyed any time over the coming two decades or more." (6/2022)
94 Points, #53 Top 100 of 2022 - Wine Spectator:
"Well-tailored in an understated way, this harmonious red is plushly creamy on the palate, like fine cashmere, showing seamless integration of the sculpted tannins with finely detailed flavors of black cherry and black plum reduction, sandalwood, cedar, green olive, espresso crema and minerally smoke and iron. Long and lightly juicy on the refined finish. Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha. Drink now through 2030. 8,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported." - AN (Oct 2022)
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- 24 bottles arriving Thursday 12/29
Elsewhere: $119.99 btl
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Our Pre-Sale:
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$99.99 btl (1-5)
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$95.99 btl (6-11)
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$89.99 btl (12+)
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Get in touch!
Text us @ 650-880-3553
Call us @ 650-917-8080
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