Winemaker Notes
Blend: 100% Tempranillo
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Complex and savory aromas of mushrooms, ripe berries, orange peel, cloves and grilled herbs. It’s full-bodied, layered and flavorful, with chewy tannins and a firm finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The serious, expressive and balanced 2016 Allende Tinto was harvested after October 10th with good ripeness and acidity, from a cooler vintage. It has integrated oak, and the palate feels quite harmonious, medium-bodied and with fine tannins. It matured in French barrique for 14 months. It's expressive, clean and very tasty.
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.