Rioja can be lots of different things, including fresh, fruit-filled, and as easy to drink every day as a good Cru Beaujolais. While this blend of Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% white grapes aged in oak, it’s not oaky... Read More
A wonderfully dark, rich, Tempranillo nicely spiced with used and new oak to complement the dark fruit. As nice to sip as pair up with anything from burgers to lamb.
A stylish, balanced and very tasty Rioja made from 95% Tempranillo and 5% Garnacha and aged 12 months in used French and American oak cask. Smells great with ripe red raspberry at the core and accents of cured tobacco and cinnamon.... Read More
As grapes come into the winery, Luis Canas inspects each bunch from his best vineyards and sets aside the most beautifully ripe for this wine. It's around 95% Temparnillo and 5% Graciano and ages 24 months in new oak (70/30... Read More
Outstanding Crianza Rioja, direct and full of black fruit with a twist of blood orange and just enough oak influence to add spice without gripping tannins. Pure, full of drive, and remarkably tall on the palate, this will rock... Read More
Released in 2013 and now a full 22 year-old, this is a lovely, rich, and warming take on fully mature Rioja. You’ll find a bouquet of aged Tempranillo aromas like underbrush, sweet spice, earth, tobacco and subtle red fruit... Read More
By FAR the best vintage yet of this always wildly over-performing, huge value, oak-aged Rioja Crianza. As always, it's a blend of 90% Temparnillo and 10% Graciano aged 12 months in used American oak casks. More ripe, dark,... Read More
From one of Rioja’s great historic estates, this blend of Tempranillo and 15% Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha aged 24 months in French and American oak is, as Wine Advocate says, “really very good, getting close to... Read More
A steak-ready Rioja that’s plump and dark with plenty of spicy intensity and a nice level of grip at the end. It’s Tempranillo with 15% Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo all aged in American oak, delivering both rich... Read More
A big, rich, well-oaked, Tempranillo that’s ready to drink with all kinds of savory food off the grill. The wine is from Zamora, near the Portuguese border, and it shows off plenty of Tempranillo color and richness with... Read More
A really delicious and complex all Tempranillo Rioja with 14 months in French oak for roundness and spice. Black cherry and blackberry fruit really sing out over the smoky, chocolaty, oak. A touch of Tempranillo’s savory... Read More
Sometimes you taste a wine and just go, “Huh – didn’t see that coming.” Like here. The last word we ever expected to write about Temparnillo from scorching hot/bitter cold/high-altitude Toro Spain was “fresh.”... Read More
Organic/Bio Founded in 1903, Finca Torremilanos is the second oldest wine producer in Ribera del Duero, but hardly stuck in their ways. Since converting to fully certified biodynamics in 2015, they've been looking for more... Read More
This COULD be “Rioja.” But Goros decided to stop using the Rioja name on their Rioja-grown Tempranillo to give more flexibility on oak aging. Here they emphasize the grape’s juicy cherry and red berry fruit and... Read More
Sometimes it's all about the feel. This is 100% Tempranillo from the famed vineyards of Ribera del Duero (think Pesquera, Vega Sicilia, etc.). Ripe fruit grown at altitude (3,000 feet) shows classic Tempranillo notes of blackberry,... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV About as delicious as old-school Rioja ever gets, this is a joy now and will just get better all at just 13.0% alcohol. Pair it up with rich lamb or braised beef and you'll be very happy.... Read More
Tempranillo can do lots of things and here it’s all about easy drinking summer fun. Picked fully ripe and done all in concrete, it’s brimming with bright cherry and juicy cranberry fruit but avoids “fruitiness”... Read More
Having created Pingus - the great estate of Ribera del Duero and one of the greats in the world - Peter Sisseck created Psi to explore the region's soul and, especially, the unrealized potential of many of its great vineyards.... Read More
From the more “modern” winery of La Rioja Alta, one of the most old-school Rioja houses under their own label. Here Tempranillo gets spiced up with 6% Mazuelo, Garnacha and even white Viura and then aged in French... Read More
Rioja can be a lot of things from long-aged and Burgundy-like to plush, lush, and full of fruit. This wine is on the rich, full and generous side, jam-packed with juicy black fruit, sweet spice, a touch of mocha and a tiny hint... Read More
Delivers a delicious introduction to the higher-altitude wines of Rioja Alavesa in Basque Country. There's an extra dash of freshness here, but no loss of ripe fruit and sweet and savory spice. As Suckling says in his 93 point... Read More
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