Wine Accolades: James Suckling -95 Wine Advocate -92 Wine Spectator -92 Vivino -4.4

Brand Story:
La Rioja Alta is one of the oldest winery that founded in 1890 by a consortium of five families. They combines tradition and innovation in its approach to winemaking. They practise hand harvesting and sold unsuitable berries to large wineries for simpler wines.

What sets this bodega apart from other traditionalists is that the wines succeed in retaining striking vigour and fruit whilst undergoing their lengthy period in cask. They are released for sale only when fully ready to drink and always have an air of graceful maturity about them.

La Rioja Alta does its own coopering in house. Oak raw materials are purchased in the United States and slowly processed in our own cooperage, including "aging" of boards in the open air for two years and burning of barrels.

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Grape Varietal: 94% Tempranillo, 6% Graciano

Tasting Notes: Dark-cherry with a garnet-red rim. High aromatic notes of ripe red fruit, red berries, wild strawberries, plum jam. Tertiary aromas of vanilla, cedar, tobacco, coffee, caramel. Fresh. Balanced, with soft, flavoursome tannins. Elegant, complex finish.