Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
There's good density to the black cherry, leafy and spicy flavors in this balanced red, remaining lively, even delicate, with racy, citrusy acidity, supple tannins and a floral finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
A really tasty effort, the 2009 Viña Equía Rioja Reserva is a complete wine. Dark ruby color; licorice, black fruit in the nose, dense, very good; medium bodied, fine and pleasingly chewy on the palate; pretty good; red fruit flavors; medium finish, smooth in the aftertaste. (Tasted: May 1, 2015, San Francisco, CA)
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.