Winemaker Notes
Ripe, fresh fruit and spice aromas. Sweet oak notes, light spicy hints and rich red and black fruits. Bright, fruity finish.
Pair with juicy burgers, pizza or any type of tapas.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A spicy and juicy Rioja that has aromas of smoked paprika, cherries, chiles and chocolate. It’s medium-bodied, creamy and very drinkable, with soft tannins.
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Wine Enthusiast
Deep garnet to the eye, this wine has bold aromas of cherry, raspberry and milk chocolate. A web of plush tannins encases flavors of pomegranate, raspberry, chocolate-covered caramel, violet, clove and a hint of cedar that makes itself known on the enduring finish.
Best Buy
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.