Winemaker Notes
Attractive and lively ruby red color with violet rims. Aromas of ripe red fruit well balanced with the notes of wild berries and black fruit, along with mineral aromas and soft spice. On the palate, elegant with reminiscences of ripe cherry, black fruit, and soft toasted notes, with pleasant tannins, mineral touches and a long and enveloping finish.
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.