Vina Herminia is a Rioja-based wine model that was named in honor of Herminia Casas, an entrepreneur and ladies’s training activist within the early twentieth century. A feminine pioneer within the wine biz, these wines are designed to honor her reminiscence. And apparently, she appreciated actually enormous reds.
2018 Herminia Rioja Crianza DOC – Surprisingly wealthy for a Crianza, this bottling — aged for 12 months in each American and French oak — leans closely on its darker components, showcasing notes of anise and darkish chocolate, touched with components of orange peel and a light-weight dusting of mint. Brooding and wealthy on the end, it’s a really expressive and darkish expression that subverts expectations towards the standard Crianza Rioja. A- / $18
2017 Herminia Rioja Reserva DOC – Equally pushy, this wine, 24 months in barrel, is heavier on purple fruits — cherries and raspberries — earlier than letting a extra brooding blackcurrant character into the image. Chocolate is especially daring on the end, once more displaying a little bit of anise. There’s rather a lot in widespread between the 2 wines, the one vital distinction being a richer, extra immersive texture on the Reserva. A- / $20
2017 Herminia Rioja Reserva DOC
$20
