Winemaker Notes
A strong cherry-red accented by purple. There is a layer in the middle that is really luminous and clean. Extremely nimble on the glass. The combination of the floral accents and the berry undertones is an explosion of flavor. Bright and clean thanks to carbonic maceration. The tannins are almost undetectable on the palate, and the wine is smooth and pleasant.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.