Winemaker Notes
Intense ruby red color. Very complex nouse with layers of ripe dark fruit, smoke and toasted oak. On the palate the wine is very elegant, with soft tannins and a silky texture, with aromas of ripe fruit, herbs and toasted oak, leading to a long and elegant finish.
Blend: 100% Tempranillo
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A sophisticated, medium- to full-bodied Rioja with aromas of dark chocolate, blueberries, rosemary and peppercorns. It’s tight and polished, with a compact core of dark fruit, framed by fine-grained tannins. Long and driven. Even better after 2024.
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.