Winemaker Notes
Beautiful ruby red color, covered and bright with fruity and elegant aromas of wood, spice and cocoa. On the palate, it is long, intense and balanced. It has a long, persistent aftertaste with a pleasant memory.
Perfect to accompany with roasts, stews, grilled meats, sausages or cured cheeses.
Blend: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha, 5% Graciano
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Forget the normal criteria for Rioja crianza, because this isn't light in fruit, weight or oak. Just the opposite: The nose is concentrated, dark and a touch raisiny, with overt oak aromas. A full palate is cut by healthy acidity, while this is packed with blackberry and chocolate flavors.
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.