Bodegas Roda Rioja Reserva Roda I 2019 Enderle & Moll 2021s the 2005 Batailley is sitting

the 2005 Batailley is sitting squarely in its sweet spot

An exercise in purity and focus—bright cherry and blue flowers framing crushed stone

The old winery and tavern they built is still onsite and the old vines made it past the 100-year mark before being replaced in 1993

The other Rothschild Pauillac

organically farmed by the Vanucci-Couloumère family in the commune of Tallone on the eastern coast

Bodegas Roda Rioja Reserva Roda I 2019 Enderle & Moll 2021s the 2005 Batailley is sittingRoda I is the flagship Reserva of the house the bottling that crystallized Bodegas Roda's reputation as one of the references for modern Rioja. Where the regular Roda Reserva leans toward red fruit, Roda I is the darker, more structured wine: sourced from the very oldest vines, longer in barrel, more brooding in personality. The 2019 is a classically proportioned vintage in Rioja Alta, and this bottling captures it: black cherry and dark plum,