Winemaker Notes
Aromas of blackberry with spicy tones (clove and cinnamon) from American oak, mild tobacco and light balsamic notes. The Tempranillo variety showing its typical elegance and complexity. Fresh and silky tannins, developing a great volume and structure. Long and tasty ending with an extraordinary after-nose aroma.
Pair with Medium-aged cheeses. White and red meats. Lamb, cooked fishes and stews such as tuna with potatoes, beans, and beans with partridge
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Crianza is 100% Tempranillo sourced from Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, aged for 12 months in American oak barrels. Displaying a garnet hue, this wine is characterized by dominant aromas of strawberry and dried flowers, layered with hints of wild herbs and mushrooms. On the palate, it is dry and fairly lean, with a light and aqueous texture that lingers on a chalky finish. This wine presents a classic Rioja palate.
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Vinous
The 2020 Crianza is 100% Tempranillo sourced from Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, aged for 12 months in American oak barrels. Displaying a garnet hue, this wine is characterized by dominant aromas of strawberry and dried flowers, layered with hints of wild herbs and mushrooms. On the palate, it is dry and fairly lean, with a light and aqueous texture that lingers on a chalky finish. This wine presents a classic Rioja palate.
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.