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Of course, you can’t talk about Spanish red wine without mentioning Rioja. Sometime erroneously taken to mean all Spanish red wines, the wines of Rioja are from a specific region in northern Spain hugging the Rio Ebro. One of the Ebro’s tributaries lends the region its name – the Rio Oja. The synthesis of Garnacha and Tempranillo with American oak barrels is a style of wine much copied in Spain but rarely without. The reliance on long wood ageing has been tempered in recent years to an extent, but oak still defines the classic Rioja.
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2017 TEMPRANILLO Las Corazas Bodegas Roqueta
Castilla y León Spain 13.5% Red
Tempranillo.
Brilliant value, ripe and juicy Tempranillo from Castilla y León.
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2017 TALENTO Monastrell Ecológico Ego Bodegas
Jumilla Spain 14% Red
Monastrell. Vegetarian
Harvest is relatively late here to allow the Monastrell (Mouvedre) to reach peak maturity - and the grapes are brought in during the first week of October This brilliant estate works organically...(more info)
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2018 ARTUKE RIOJA Bodegas y Viñedos Artuke
Rioja Spain 13.5% Red
Tempranillo, Viura. Bio-dynamic
Unwooded, joyful Rioja - as drunk by the locals - but sadly rarely seen outside of the region. An element of this juice is fermented under carbonic maceration - like the Gamays of Beaujolais and...(more info)
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2016 REY DON GARCIA RIOJA Crianza Bodegas Ruconia
Rioja Alta Rioja Spain 13% Red
Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo.
A lovely Crianza from Bodegas Ruconia. This is a firm favourite at L&S. Lots of lively cherry fruit wrapped up in attractive vanilla oak. Medium bodied, the wine holds a good high tone throug...(more info)
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2018 ACUMA Ego Bodegas
Jumilla Spain Red
Petit Verdot, Syrah, Monastrell.
This has super intense fruit aromas and a really saturated, cassis, dark-cherry and plum palate with such silky and soft, ripe tannins. A blend of monastrell, syrah and petit verdot. Drink or hol...(more info)
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2010 RIOJA RESERVA Bodegas Ruconia
Rioja Alta Rioja Spain 14% Red
Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo.
This really is a superb vintage of this wine, so much to love in the more traditional Rioja style here, liquorice, coffee, meat juices, leather, redcurrants, herbs and cedar. But the palate then...(more info)
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2015 PÁRAMOS DE NICASIA Tinta de Toro Màquina y Tabla
Toro Spain 14.5% Red
Tinta de Toro.
This is one of the (bio) dynamic duo's most fascinating wines. Tinta de Toro is another name for Tempranillo - the delicious soft and spicy red grape that is at the heart of so many of Spain's fi...(more info)
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