La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Seleccion Especial 2019 spritz Whisky Advocate's #2 Whisky of

Whisky Advocate's #2 Whisky of the Year

this wine evolves in an interesting manner

Notes of soft spice and mellow spun sugar along with warm hints of spiced pears and woody vanilla

gooseberries and barley sugar in this 11 year old dram from the Highland distillery

and delicious

La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Seleccion Especial 2019 spritz Whisky Advocate's #2 Whisky of"This is spicy, structured, balanced and powerful in this warm year, reaching the customary 14. 5% alcohol and keeping a pH of 3. 54 and 5. 5 grams of acidity. It's still very young and undeveloped, with the classical profile, generous in American oak aromas and flavors that should slowly integrate in the wine with years in bottle. For them, 2019 means a change in Ardanza, less spicy (but still quite spicy, with clove, vanilla and tobacco leaves) and