Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Crianza has a perfumed nose with clean aromas of red fruits and peaches, with a hint of pepper and cinnamon. The palate is round and supple. Very easy to drink. It is a good Crianza at a good price.
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Wine Spectator
This silky red offers balanced flavors of cherry, red plum, tobacco, mineral and smoke. The smooth texture is supported by well-integrated tannins and gentle acidity. Harmonious. Top Value Pick
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.