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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.

2014 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

375ml

JS  93   
VN  92   
JD  92   

2006 Artadi Rioja Vinas de Gain

Light label condition issue

WA  92   
VN  91+    

2018 Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Rioja Reserva

WE  91   
WS  90   

2007 Marques de Caceres Rioja de Crianza

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

2014 Bodegas Ostatu Rioja El Portillo Laderas de Ostatu

2 available
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1999 Marques de Vargas Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2001 Bodegas Lanzaga (Telmo Rodriguez) Rioja

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

2005 Escudero Rioja Vidau

VN  93   
WA  90+    
3 available
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2006 Vina Herminia Tempranillo Rioja Reserva

1999 Bodegas Domecq Marques de Arienzo Rioja Crianza

Light label condition issue

1998 Bodegas Domecq Marques De Arienzo Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2001 Bodegas Berberana Rioja Vina Alarde Tempranillo

Light label condition issue

1997 Finca Valpiedra Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2000 Urbina Rioja Selección

3 available
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2000 Urbina Rioja Selección

Lightly elevated cork

2000 Ramirez De La Piscina Rioja Crianza

Light label condition issue

2008 Burgo Viejo Rioja Licenciado Reserva

3 available
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2015 Bodegas Vinsacro Rioja Dioro

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