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.
This is terrific, with dark, plummy, fruit and mocha notes building through a firm, dry, finish. Ready to go with lamb or beef roast now and just getting better with air or time in cellar. High-impact Tempranillo.
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
One of the most immediately delicious Rioja we’ve tasted in years, the blend of purity of fruit with classic Rioja spice is utterly irresistible. It’s mainly Tempranillo with 10% Graciano from vines 20-40 years old.... Read More
Alejandro Fernández helped revive the reputation of Spain's Ribera del Duero with his Pesquera winery before starting Condado de Haza to show how Ribera Tempranillo performed higher up the hillsides. There's a blend... 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
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
A terrific, old-school, Ribera del Duero Tempranillo with loads of black fruit ripeness and sweet oak spice, smoke and vanilla balanced by remarkable freshness and even a touch of minerality. The oak folds into the ripe fruit... 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
A classic Rioja blend of Tempranillo (mainly) with Graciano and Graciano picked freshly ripe and aged in cask. The red fruit and sweet spice are both attractive here, as is the layer of smoky complexity from the time in barrel.... Read More
A brilliant value in sophisticated, 100% Tempranillo Rioja, hand-harvested and aged in 3-4 months in new French oak casks. The wine comes from vines aged 20-25 years in the Montebuena vineyard in Labastida, Rioja. Bodegas y Viñedos... Read More
Terrific Ribera del Duero Tempranillo that let’s the fruit and minerality of these steeply sloped vineyards shine through and uses oak to shape, rather than assertively flavor, the wine. A nicely deep and ripe mass of blackberry... Read More
A unique take on Rioja. It’s all Tempranillo fermented via carbonic maceration to bring out the ripe red and black fruit. Then it’s aged just a few months in 100% new French oak, adding layers of dark chocolate and... Read More
This delicious red is all Tempranillo from the Alavesa district of Rioja but it’s not like many Riojas you’ve tasted before! Alavesa’s altitude and proximity to the Sierra de Cantabria mountains means Tempranillo’s... 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
Organic/Bio Very highly recommended for both Ribera del Duero fans and lovers of elegant, intense, Napa Cabs. This small Ribera estate is making exciting wines from old vines and with limited new oak (just 10% here). Already flavorful... 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
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