Bideona is a large winery with a small producer ethos, focusing on making Rioja that speaks to individual villages and vineyards. This is their younger vines bottling from across Rioja Alavesa, showcasing the freshness and brightness... Read More
You'd expect Toro Tempranillo to be dark, super-ripe, and full of chewy tannins, but here Toro has been tamed a bit! Plenty of rich fruit that stays fresh and an easy, silky, texture that flows nicely. As Wine Enthusiast says,... Read More
Lower ABV Juan Antonio Ponce completely fractures any expectations you have for wine made from Bobal (often a dark, dusky, earthy, grape) from Manchuela (blisteringly hot). This is from 40-60 year-old vines, made with 100% whole... Read More
Another fine vintage for 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, juicy,... Read More
Organic/Bio Wine Advocate (93 points) called this “great value” at $21 – it’s even better at this deal! It’s from the high, hot, plains of Jumilla in southern Spain where Monestrell (called Mourvedre... Read More
Lower ABV Age has a powerful influence on wine. Here there’s a bit of bottle age and a lot of vine-age from 90 year-old Albarino growing in sandy granite soils near the Atlantic. There’s a richness to the stone fruit... Read More
Just 20 years-old, Merum Priorati has emerged as one of the most important estates working the fractured black slate “Licorella” and crazy steep hills of Priorat. For such a baking hot region, this blend of Garnacha,... Read More
Blending Virua, Malvasia and Garnacha Blanca and aged 4 months in new French oak, this is a terrific updating of traditional white Rioja. Plenty of texture here along with a lovely sense of freshness. As James Suckling describes... 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 JamesSuckling.com says in... Read More
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