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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.

2011 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

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2011 Lopez de Heredia Rioja Vina Tondonia Reserva

2000 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

2011 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva Selection Especial

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
WA  92   
WE  91   

2010 Bodegas Hermanos Peciña Rioja Finca Iscorta de Pecina Gran Reserva

1997 Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva

2005 Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albina Rioja Reserva

2005 Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albina Rioja Reserva

Lightly depressed cork

2015 Contino Rioja Reserva

JS  96   
WA  94   
WE  94   
VN  93   
WS  90   
JR  17   
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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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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

2016 Coto de Imaz Rioja Gran Reserva

WS  92   
JS  92   
WE  92   

2001 Abel Mendoza Jarrarte

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  90   
ST  90