
Spanish Red Wine
Known for its bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy red wines ...
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.
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La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Rioja Gran Reserva 2014Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
- JS
- D
- RP
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Era Costana Reserva 2014Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
- JS
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Bodegas Valderiz Tomas Esteban 2014Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Spain
- RP
- JS
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Contino Gran Reserva 2014Other Red Blends from Rioja, Spain
- JD
- JS
- RP
- WS
- W&S
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Cellers Can Blau Mas de Can Blau 2014Rhone Red Blends from Montsant, Spain
- V
- JS
- WS
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Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina Gran Reserva 2014Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
- WE
- V
- JS
- WS
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Portia Triennia 2014Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Spain
- W&S
- JS
- V
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CVNE Vina Real Gran Reserva 2014Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
- RP
- JS
- WW
- WE
- WS
- D