Winemaker Notes
Medium intensity dark red picota cherry color with a thin layer of purple nuances. Good intensity red fruit aromas -cherry very well conjugated with plum and fig- with the floral freshness of the violet. Aeration integrates aromatic notes delicately accompanied by notes of fondant. Fleshy rich mouth with fresh acidity. Full-bodied, with vivid and well-balanced tannins. Elegant and long finish due to fruit and wood harmony.
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.