2019 Benjamin de Rothschild Vega Sicilia Macan

The Rioja of Benjamin de Rothschild y Vega Sicilia Macan. The color is ruby red with a very fruity nose but the great thing is that everything is in it but nothing stands out!! In the mouth the Macan is massive and tight without it really being heavy. It has really velvety tannins.

94/100 Parker
94/100 Suckling

Pablo Álvarez of Vega Sicilia decided to participate in a new project in Rioja. As early as 2000, they started (secretly) with the purchase of very old vineyards in Sonsierra, part of the Rioja Alavesa. As a partner, they found the Swiss banker Benjamin de Rothschild. Not the Rothschild of Lafite or Mouton, but of LCF Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, owner of Château Clarke and Château Malmaison in Listrac and Moulis respectively, partner in the South African Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons and also in possession of vineyards in Argentina.

Álvarez and the Rothschilds invested around 26 million euros in, among other things, the purchase and development of 110 hectares of vineyards and the construction of a new production facility in Samaniego. A large part (65ha) of the vineyards is located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, where the people are known as Maçanes. It is therefore no coincidence that the new company bears the name Macán.

Macán markets two wines, the Macán and the Macán Clásico, both a full-blooded Rioja of 100% Tempranillo. The Clásico is the basic wine, the Mácan the prestige cuvée, avoiding the term Reserva.

Macan is made from 100% tempranillo from a vineyard of about 30 years old. The wine has been aged for 18 months on French oak (70% new and 30% used). After this ageing it has had another 3 years of bottle maturation. This Macan is the top model where one consciously chooses to avoid the too often abused term Reserva. The color is ruby red with a very fruity nose but the great thing is that everything is in it but nothing stands out!! In the mouth the Macan is solid and tight without it becoming really heavy. It has really velvety tannins, very balanced and very elegant. A top Rioja but anyway this also comes from Vega Sicilia and Rothschild.

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