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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.

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   

2001 Marques de Riscal Rioja Gran Reserva

Light label condition issue

WA  93   

1997 Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva

2018 Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Rioja Reserva

WE  91   
WS  90   

2005 Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albina Rioja Reserva

2005 Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albina Rioja Reserva

Lightly depressed cork

1995 Bodegas Roda Rioja Roda II Reserva

2015 Contino Rioja Reserva

JS  96   
WA  94   
WE  94   
VN  93   
WS  90   
JR  17   
4 available
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2015 Contino Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

JS  96   
WA  94   
WE  94   
VN  93   
WS  90   
JR  17   
2 available
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2001 Finca Allende Calvario Rioja

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  95   
ST  93   
WS  92   
JR  17.5   

1994 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

RP  93   
WS  92   
2 available
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1994 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   

2000 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

Light label condition issue

ST  92   
RP  91   
WS  90   

1998 Marques de Caceres Gaudium Rioja Gran Vino Reserva

Lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

2007 Marques de Caceres Rioja de Crianza

2012 Marques de Caceres Rioja Gran Reserva

2 available
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2001 Marques de Caceres Rioja MC

Light label condition issue

2000 Sierra Cantabria Crianza

Label condition issue

2002 Sierra Cantabria Rioja

Light label condition issue

2007 Campo Viejo Rioja Gran Reserva

Light label condition issue

JR  16.5   

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

2005 Bodegas Altanza Rioja Lealtanza Artistas Españoles Gaudi Reserva

WS  93   

2016 Coto de Imaz Rioja Gran Reserva

WS  92   
JS  92   
WE  92