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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.

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   

1997 Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva

1995 Bodegas Roda Rioja Roda II Reserva

1994 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

RP  93   
WS  92   
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1994 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   

1998 Marques de Caceres Gaudium Rioja Gran Vino Reserva

Lightly depressed cork; 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

1999 Marques de Vargas 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

1997 El Coto de Rioja Coto Real Reserva

Light label condition issue

WE  90   

1997 Finca Valpiedra Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

1999 Finca Valpiedra Rioja Reserva

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WE  90   

1997 Bodegas Corral Don Jacobo Rioja Reserva

Light label condition issue

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

Light label condition issue

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1999 Bodegas Vallemayor Rioja Crianza

1995 Bodegas Vallemayor Rioja Reserva

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue