Winemaker Notes
Ruby red color with great depth and hints of black cherry and violet glints. Complex and spicy on the nose, with balsamic, herbal nuances. Ripe fruit, lactic aromas, soft spices, truffle and mineral notes. A full, balanced attack. It proves flavorsome, meaty and packed with fruity nuances and the style provided by the fine oak-ageing.
Blend: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Baking spices, white sesame, red berries and plums on the nose. Fine texture with a medium body, juicy berries and firm tannins. Pretty long yet elegant. Tempranillo and garnacha. Very well balanced. Delicious now, but can hold.
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.