Winemaker Notes
Red and black fruit aromas, smoky nuances and slight hints of the maceration. In the mouth it is powerful and tasty. A very good balance between fruit and fine toasty flavors.
2019 is an excellent vintage in Rioja Alavesa, which yielded well-balanced, fully ripe grapes with good acidity and lower alcohol. The climate was far more Mediterranean in style over the growing period in contrast to the much cooler, wetter conditions of 2018. Yields were around 20% lower than average but great for quality thanks to smaller berries offering intense flavors with depth and complexity.
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.