Federico Paternina Gran Reserva 1928 Bodegas Federico Paternina S.A. - (Ollauri, La Rioja) D.O.: RIOJA Rioja Vintage Rating 1928. VERY GOOD "Paternina 1928 Gran Reserva was bottled for the first time in the mid-1940s and as a result of a very rigorous selection, the owners decided that some 25 more barrels were stored in the old cellars of the Ollauri Conde de los Andes winery." "Selection of grapes from different plots of Rioja Alta owned by the winery and local producers. It remains between 18 and 24 months in large wooden tanks from the founding period until the fermentations are finished and rests before being racked for subsequent aging. Aged in used American oak barrels of 225 liters with various manual racking periodically until the day of bottling, in mid-1968."