Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Analytically the two Lindes cuvées are very similar but the 2011 Lindes de Remelluri Viñedos de Labastida is quite distinct. Also a blend of the five traditional red and white grapes, it feels definitively riper than the 2010 with aromas of plums and some flowers that require time to unfurl. Once the wine shows its true colors, the elegance is subtle and the aromas are very fine. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a silky texture and good freshness, especially for the warm vintage.
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Wine Enthusiast
Muscular, earthy aromas of dark-berry fruits and raisin are savory and attractive. A sinewy, tightly wound palate features plenty of creamy oak, while savory, meaty berry flavors are up to the wine's vanilla-and-cream element. Quality berry flavors carry over to a chewy finish. Drink through 2021.
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.