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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.

1968 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia

Top shoulder fill; label condition issue

2007 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

WA  96   
JS  95   
2 available
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2007 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

WA  96   
JS  95   

2009 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

JS  97   
WA  93   
2 available
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2011 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

2 available
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2011 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

2004 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

WS  95   
4 available
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2009 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

JS  97   
WA  94   
2 available
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2009 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

Light label condition issue

JS  97   
WA  94   

2010 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

JS  98   

2011 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

WA  93   

2011 Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Rioja Gran Reserva Especial

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JS  98   
WA  97   
WE  97   
VN  95   
WS  94   

2005 La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904

Light label condition issue

WA  96   
JS  95   
VN  94   
2 available
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2005 La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Reserva

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  92   

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   

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   

2014 Cune (CVNE) Imperial Rioja Reserva

WE  93   
WS  92   
JR  18   

2006 Viñedos de Páganos Rioja El Puntido Gran Reserva

JS  95   
VN  93   
WA  92   
WS  92   
WE  92   
JD  92