Briones - Wine Culture Museum, Wine Cellar#

Briones - Wine Culture Museum, Wine Cellar
Briones - Wine Culture Museum, Wine Cellar, July 2013, © Gerhard Huber, under CC BY-NC 4.0 +Edu

The maturing process in oak barrels is of crucial importance for the fine bouquet of La Rioja wines. Wines of the premium category Gran Reserva are kept for two years at least in oak barrels and another three years in bottles.
Von essenzieller Bedeutung für das feine Bouquet der Rioja-Weine ist der Reifeprozess in Eichenholzfässern. Weine der Premiumklasse Gran Reserva lagern mindestens zwei Jahre in Eichenfässern und weitere drei Jahre in Flaschen.