Winemaker Notes
Clean and bright with a medium robe and a ruby ??red color. On the nose it is complex with aromas of red fruits, sweet spices with a balsamic background. After a powerful attack the sensation of soft, supple volume gradually extends across the palate for a creamy finish. The aftertaste reminds you of the red berry fruit mingled with hints of wild herbs.
In Rioja it is the perfect wine to accompany one of our most notorious dishes, the Riojan potatoes, a pottage of potatoes and chorizo ??with nuances of bay leaf and chorizo ??pepper. It also pairs with white meat, mushrooms and mushrooms and vegetable stews.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A red with lovely sweet-berry, crushed-stone and chocolate aromas and flavors. Medium to full body, firm tannins and a creamy, polished finish.
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.