Winemaker Notes
Bright red cherry in color with pronounced aromas of ripe red fruit and cassis, this wine is clean, complex and elegant. Fresh and well-balanced with vibrant acidity, this Tempranillo contains well-integrated tannins and enjoyable finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A soft, velvety red with plum and lightly cooked fruit, coffee, vanilla and meat. Medium-to full-bodied with a round, luscious finish. Drink and enjoy.
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Wine Enthusiast
Resiny oak aromas meld with rose hip, cherry and spice notes on the nose. This crianza is built by firm tannins on the palate, with cherry and prune flavors that lead to a solid finish.
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.