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Rioja

Rioja Demoninación de Origine Calificada is Spain’s most important wine region. Located in northern Spain, it comprises 135,000 vineyard acres and was the first official appellation in Spain, earning its official DO status in 1926. In 1991 it became Spain’s first DOCa, Spain’s most prestigious appellation category. The DOCa is divided into three subzones: La Rioja Alavesa in the northeast; La Rioja Alta in the southwest; and La Rioja Baja in the east. About 75 percent of Rioja wines are reds, with Tempranillo the predominant grape. Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, a spicy, high-acidity red grape, are also allowed. White wines are made from Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca and Malvasia. Wines were made in this region well before the Romans arrived, though the Romans then the medieval monks refined vineyard management and wine production. In the 19th century French families migrated to Rioja after phylloxera wiped out their vineyards, and the French helped establish the tradition of wine blends, still part of Rioja winemaking. According to the rules for the appellation, a wine labelled a simple Rioja can spend less than a year in an oak aging barrel. A Criziana is aged for at least two years, one in oak. Rioja Reserva is aged at least three years, with at least one in oak. A Rioja Gran Reserva must be aged at least five years, with two years in oak.

2001 Abel Mendoza Jarrarte

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  90   
ST  90   

1987 Alcorta Rioja Reserva

Light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2004 Artadi Rioja Vina El Pison

Light label condition issue

WA  100   
VN  95   

2006 Artadi Rioja Vinas de Gain

Light label condition issue

WA  92   
VN  91+    

1995 Artadi Rioja Vinas de Gain Crianza

RP  90   
WS  90   

1995 Artadi Rioja Vinas de Gain Crianza

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1995 Artadi Rioja Vinas de Gain Crianza

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1999 Bodega R. de Ayala Lete e Hijos Rioja Vina Santurnia Reserva

Light label condition issue

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2005 Bodegas Altanza Rioja Lealtanza Artistas Españoles Gaudi Reserva

WS  93   

2001 Bodegas Berberana Rioja Vina Alarde Tempranillo

Light label condition issue

1999 Bodegas Bilbainas La Vicalanda de Vina Pomal Reserva Rioja

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1998 Bodegas Bilbainas Rioja Vina Pomal Reserva

Light label condition issue

2001 Bodegas Castillo de Cuzcurrita Rioja Senorio De Cuzcurrita

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1997 Bodegas Corral Don Jacobo Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

1999 Bodegas Domecq Marques de Arienzo Rioja Crianza

Light label condition issue

1998 Bodegas Domecq Marques De Arienzo Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2010 Bodegas Hermanos Peciña Rioja Finca Iscorta de Pecina Gran Reserva

2006 Bodegas Hermanos Peciña Rioja Senorio de P. Pecina Crianza

1.5ltr

VN  91   
JR  16   

1997 Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva

2001 Bodegas Lanzaga (Telmo Rodriguez) Rioja

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

2017 Bodegas Lanzaga (Telmo Rodriguez) Rioja La Estrada

JS  96   

2005 Bodegas Muga Rioja Prado Enea Gran Reserva

WA  95   
VN  94   

2000 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2014 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

375ml

JS  93   
VN  92   
JD  92   

2011 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva Selection Especial

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
WA  92   
WE  91