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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.

1964 Federico Paternina Ollauri Banda Azul

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1964 Federico Paternina Ollauri Banda Azul

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

1964 Federico Paternina Ollauri Banda Azul

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1967 Federico Paternina Ollauri Banda Azul

Capsule condition issue; elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1967 Federico Paternina Ollauri Banda Azul

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1961 Federico Paternina Ollauri Gran Reserva

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2004 Bodegas Lan Rioja Edición Limitada

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
WS  #18 of 2007   

2014 Contino Rioja Graciano

JS  96   

2010 Pujanza Norte Rioja

WA  94   
VN  93   
2 available
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2000 Senorio de San Vicente Rioja

Light label condition issue

ST  92   
RP  91   
WS  90   

2013 Bodegas Beronia Rioja Gran Reserva

WE  94   
WS  92   
JS  91   
3 available
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2001 Sierra Cantabria Crianza

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
ST  90   

2001 Valsacro Dioro Seleccion J & D Rioja

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  91   

1973 Bodegas Olarra Rioja

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

2 available
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1973 Franco-Espanolas Rioja Royal Gran Reserva

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1961 Franco-Espanolas Rioja Royal Reserva

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2001 Abel Mendoza Jarrarte

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  90   
ST  90   

1995 Bodegas Corral Rioja Altos de Corral Reserva

1970 Bodegas Palacio Rioja Glorioso Gran Reserva

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

5 available
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1980 Bodegas Palacio Rioja Reserva Glorioso

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

3 available
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1980 Bodegas Palacio Rioja Reserva Glorioso

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

2019 Bodegas Ramon Bilbao Limited Edition Tempranillo

Light label condition issue

2010 Bodegas Ramon Bilbao Rioja Gran Reserva

WA  90   
WE  90   
JR  15   

2004 Marques del Puerto Rioja Gran Reserva

2016 Torres Rioja Altos Ibericos Crianza

JS  92   
WE  90   
12 available
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