Winemaker Notes
Bright red cherry in color with pronounced aromas of cassis and ripe red fruit. On the palate, this wine is clean, complex and elegant. Well-balanced with vibrant acidity, the 2018 Crianza from Finca Nueva contains perfectly integrated tannins and an agreeable finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Aromas of currants and black cherries with dried leafy herbs, tobacco and crushed stones. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and compact. Fine-grained tannins with a meaty structure and attractive red and dark fruits. Flavorful finish. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The young, fruity and juicy 2018 Crianza shows expressive ripe fruit and a soft palate with almost unnoticeable oak and a profile close to a young red. The uncrushed grapes fermented in stainless steel, and the wine matured in 50/50 American and French oak barrels. It's clean and quite modern and fruit-driven.
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.