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Bodegas Manzanos Voché Vino de Autor Rioja 2001 offers a rare opportunity to experience genuinely mature Rioja. Made from old-vine Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano, its long development has transformed the fruit into complex layers of dried berries, liquorice, spice, tobacco, forest floor, cocoa and coffee, supported by beautifully silky tannins.
Three years in used French and American oak gave the wine structure without overwhelming its character, while more than two decades of development have done the rest. This is a fascinating choice when you want to discover the flavours and texture of properly aged Rioja rather than simply choosing by ageing classification.
This is a rare opportunity to experience what happens when Rioja is given more than two decades to develop. The bright fruit of youth has evolved into dried berries, liquorice, spice, tobacco, forest floor, cocoa and coffee, while the tannins have become remarkably fine and silky.
Made from old-vine Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano, Voché Vino de Autor wasn't created simply to fit an ageing category. It is a distinctive wine in its own right, with extended maturation allowing its fruit, structure and complexity to evolve into something that a young Rioja simply cannot reproduce.
Merchant's Tip
Buy this because you're curious about mature wine. A Rioja from 2001 at this price gives you an unusually accessible opportunity to discover whether you enjoy the dried fruit, savoury flavours, silky texture and complexity that develop after many years in bottle. Don't expect the bright fruit of a young Rioja — age and evolution are precisely the point.
Nose
Complex and mature, with dried and stewed fruit, liquorice, spice, tobacco and forest-floor character alongside cocoa, coffee and gently smoky notes.
Palate
Full and generous but beautifully evolved, with mature fruit and savoury complexity carried by fine, silky tannins. The different elements have become integrated through long ageing, giving the wine depth without sacrificing elegance.
Finish
Long, pure and persistent, with mature fruit, spice and savoury flavours continuing after the exceptionally smooth tannins begin to fade.
Choose this if you want to experience genuinely mature Rioja. More than two decades of development have changed both its flavours and texture, replacing much of the immediacy of youthful fruit with dried-fruit, savoury, earthy and tertiary complexity.
If bright, juicy fruit is what you most enjoy in Rioja, a younger wine will probably suit you better. But if you're curious about how Rioja develops with considerable age — or already know that you enjoy mature wine — this offers something genuinely unusual within our range.
Voché Vino de Autor combines Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano from old bush vines, with the mature vineyard material providing the concentration and structure needed for a wine intended to develop over time.
After fermentation and an extended maceration, the wine spent around three years in second- and third-use French and American oak before further refinement in concrete. Using seasoned rather than predominantly new barrels allowed long maturation to develop structure and complexity without making fresh oak flavour the defining feature of the wine.
Its most distinctive character today, however, comes from time itself. More than two decades of development have softened the tannins and transformed primary fruit into the dried-fruit, tobacco, forest-floor, cocoa, coffee and savoury flavours that make mature wine so different from its younger counterpart.
The wine's mature, savoury character works particularly well with roast pork, chorizo, slow-cooked meat, mushrooms and aged cheeses. Rather than overwhelming it with an extremely rich sauce, choose dishes that allow its developed flavours to remain part of the experience.
Serve at around 16–18°C. With a wine of this age, stand the bottle upright beforehand if possible and pour carefully in case a natural sediment has formed. Decant primarily to separate the wine from sediment rather than automatically giving it prolonged exposure to air.
Our Rioja Food Pairing Guide has more ideas for matching different styles of Rioja with food.
This earns its place on our shelves for a very simple reason: it gives customers the chance to experience genuinely mature Rioja without having to make the financial commitment normally associated with buying older fine wine.
It is also a wonderful example of why Rioja cannot always be understood simply through Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. What makes this bottle fascinating today is not a classification on the label, but what old vineyards, careful maturation and more than two decades of time have allowed the wine to become.
If this wine has made you curious about Rioja beyond the familiar Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva classifications, our Rioja Beyond the Ageing Ladder guide explores some of the other decisions that can define the character of a Rioja.
Or visit our Bodegas Manzanos guide to explore the different expressions produced by Manzanos and where the distinctive Voché wines fit within the range.
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