Winemaker Notes
Garnet in color with a slightly orange rim and a medium layer. Medium and complex intensity. It perfectly combines the freshness of red fruits such as raspberry and cherry and the complexity of its time in French barrels. Notes of pepper, subtle balsamic Interesting entry, light to the touch but broad and round at the same time, with friendly tannins, medium-high acidity and a pleasant and persistent aftertaste.
It enhances and complements a wide variety of cooked and roasted stews, mainly grilled meats, grilled blue fish and white fish in sauce. Suggestion from our chef: stew
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Excellent fruit concentration and ripeness, enhanced by deft ageing in oak barrels. Layers of sweet fruit and crunchy cherry on the palate.
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.