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Bodegas Roda Rioja Reserva Roda 2021 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine and vanilla across a longBodegas Roda built its reputation in Haro's storied Barrio de la Estacion on a simple idea: source only old vine Tempranillo (35 years and up), farm meticulously, and let the wine speak. The Reserva 'Roda' is the middle tier of the house between entry level Sela and the flagship Roda I and the 2021 leans into Roda's red fruit signature: bright raspberry and red plum, fine grained tannins, and the spice that comes from twelve plus months in mostly