2018 Marqués de Cáceres Gaudium Rioja DOCa
Producer: Marqués de Cáceres
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Grapes: 100% Tempranillo
Vintage: 2018
ABV: 14.5%
Vivino: 4.3
Drink By: 2032
Occasional Wine Note: Like the 2016 offering that we loved, this is a big wine made bigger with 2 years of aging, 18 months in new French oak barrels. The dark fruit, chocolate, tobacco, and coffee are complimented by sturdy tannins. There's a lot going on with this wine from nose to long finish. It's definitely not for the faint of heart.
Tim Atkin
Critic Score: 96
Well up to the standard of previous Gaudiums, the 2018 release is wonderfully focused, fine, layered and well balanced. Pairing Tempranillo with 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, it's a wine inspired by classed growth Bordeaux as much as Rioja. Polished and perfumed, with bramble, cassis and capsicum flavours and top class 50% new French oak. 2025-40
Guia Penin
Critic Score: 94
Colour, deep cherry, garnet rim. Aroma, aged wood nuances, ripe fruit, cocoa bean, cigar, toasty, dark chocolate, aromatic coffee. Flavour, flavourful, spicy, toasty, powerful tannins.