Marqués de Murrieta was founded in 1852 and has served as a crown jewel of Rioja. Old bottles of Castillo Ygay, their top wine, are prized by collectors for their incredible complexity and unmistakable grace.
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The 2010 Ygay seems destined to be included with the greats. The 2010 vintage in Rioja is among the bests of the past few decades. The 2010 Ygay is an incredible monument to the great vintage.
Sourced from Marqués de Murrieta's highest altitude vineyards and vines planted in 1966, the wine shows incredible balance and fine-tuned structure. It is indisputably noble, already showing profound nuance and finesse. Clearly, this breathtaking bottle will shine for many, many decades.
Marqués de Murrieta’s 2010 Castillo Ygay epitomizes the aristocratic elegance and ageworthiness of Rioja. Ygay is known to age for fifty years or more. The 2010 represents this historic estate at its best.
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Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare Wine
Crush Wine & Spirits
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate: "I had very high expectations for the 2010 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial, and the wine delivered as expected. 2010 was one of the finest vintages in Rioja in recent years, and this blend of Tempranillo with 15% Mazuelo (Cariñena) has to be one of the finest modern day Castillo de Ygays. The grapes come from a plot planted in 1966 at 485 meters in altitude, the highest in the estate, and the vines yielded 3,500 kilos per hectare. The two varieties fermented separately in stainless steel for 11 days, and the wine spent 26 months in a mixture of American and French oak barrels. I tasted the 2009 next to this 2010, and I had also had a bottle two nights before. So, I was able to compare this with the 2009, which was a very different year, as 2010 was a cooler year and a priori a more adequate year for long-aging wines like this Gran Reserva. The difference was the vegetative cycle, as the vinification and élevage was the same. This is sleeker and sharper, less developed and livelier than the 2009, which already shows some signs of "old wine" with aromas that remind me of the old classical Rioja reds. It has greatness and finesse and is a very attractive wine with all the stuffing and balance that is needed for a long (and positive) aging in bottle. This is one of the finest modern day vintages of Castillo Ygay. This is going to develop in the direction of the classical bottlings from yesteryear."