Winemaker Notes
Clean, bright, deep. Beautiful cherry red color developing to ruby. Intense, slightly ripe fruit aromas (raspberry, berries). Warm sensations, sweet notes of wood, toasty notes. Pleasant on the palate, well balanced. Round tannin. Fruity reminiscences of jam, with toasty notes from the barrel.
It matches with any kind of meat and mushrooms, also rice, oily fish such as tuna or cod along with medium aged cheese.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This crianza offers a flush, full-volume palate, with classic Rioja flavors of plum, raspberry and currant that don't fade or falter on the finish. Drink now–2024.
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James Suckling
A silky and pretty red with dark-berry, chocolate and spice character. Medium body, integrated tannins and a fresh, tangy finish. Good acidity at the end.
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Wine & Spirits
Campillo is Faustino’s winery in Laguardia; this comes from its estate vineyards. This wine has a gentle Rioja Alavesa richness, with smooth oak tannins filling out the cranberry, strawberry and apple flavors. It’s a simple, smoky red to serve with roast squab.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2015 Campillo Crianza is Old World in style and offers excellent richness. TASTING NOTES: This wine shows savory spices and rustic notes in its aromas and flavors. Enjoy it with a well-spiced chicken stew. (Tasted: August 11, 2021, Oakland, CA)
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.