Marques de Arienzo Rioja Reserva 2001 DOCa

Variety: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano and Mazuelo

Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Rioja
Vintage: 2001
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: gentle, old school Rioja, leather, spices, canned cherries, Christmas cake, vanilla

Taste: medium body, nice combination of the fruit, spices and very gentle and fragile tannins, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fuet
Overall score: 4+8+13+7+7=89
Price: CZK 400
Stopper: single piece cork

What is amazing on this Rioja is the following:

I tried tasting it from 3 different glasses to compare the nose and mouth profile with the following results:

The best glass was Riedel XL Shiraz/Hermitage, which has slightly more restrained, however fruitier nose and well perceived taste profile of fruits and spices, supported by superb (very gentle not sharp at all) acidity . 

To my surprise Riesling glass performed better than standard Bordeaux glass. Nose was slightly restrained, but fruitier than Bordeaux, on the palate it lacked a bit of fruit compared to Hermitage glass.

Last place was the Bordeaux glass. The nose is quite intense but more towards spices than fruit, considering the minimum fruit the wine already has  and how fragile it is drinking it from wide open Bordeaux glasss resulted in a perception of the wine that lacked a bit of concentration on the nose and went too quickly to canned fruits, similarly you could find the same profile noticeable in the mouth.