A wine made in only the finest vintages. Vines aged between 80 and 110 years old are selected, with very low yields and top quality grapes. Barón de Chirel\'s first vintage was in 1986: a response to the growing interest in fine quality Rioja. Since the outset, Marqués de Riscal has had very close ties with the winemaking methods of Bordeaux, and has benefited from a succession of talented Bordelais consultants, including Paul Pontallier, director general of Château Margaux. From these relationships sprang the idea of making an experimental wine which would revive the grandeur of those mythical \'Médoc Reservas\'.