Winemaker Notes
Picota cherry-red with violet hues. High aromatic intensity. Flowers, black fruits and licorice with hints of vanilla and roasted coffee. It is supple, balanced and fresh on the palate with good structure and mild tannins and soft tannins.
This wine matches perfectly with mild dishes such as rice, cheeses, pâtés, casseroles, greens, fish as well as with dishes that traditionally pair well with red vintage wines.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A very fresh, light and well made crianza with just a hint of oak to the cherry flavors. It’s medium-bodied and savory with delicacy and brightness.
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.