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‘You can’t spit this,’ Benjamín Romeo told me when I tasted it from barrel. It wasn’t the finished blend,...
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This is showy, expressive, open and aromatic and seems to jump right out of the glass with decayed flowers, ripe wild...
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I like the austerity and seriousness of the 2018 Contador, which has very similar parameters as the 2019 but comes...
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The 2020 Contador feels a little more civilized than the 2021 I tasted next to it. The profile is similar—ripe dark...
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A plush, modern texture carries alluring cassis, pomegranate, cocoa and sandalwood flavors that layer and build...
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750ml - Case of 6
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The 2009 La Vina de Andres Romeo is a pure Tempranillo cropped at 1kg per vine from the “La Liende” vineyard. It...
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The 2010 La Vina de Andres Romeo was picked on October 6, later than the 2009, which was harvested on the September...
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I am speechless about this wine. It’s so deep and vertical with a stunning texture of super polished tannins and...
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750ml - Case of 3
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Blueberries, cassis, black pepper, nutmeg and some mahogany here. Salted plums, slate, tobacco leaves and lead-pencil...
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#6 Top 100, 2016. Gorgeous aromas of ripe fruit, Spanish cedar and dark chocolate. Full body with beautiful flavors...
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The wonderfully silky texture with an added juiciness is what makes this wine so very special. The flawless and...
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Aromatic and alluring, this generous red offers forest floor, tobacco and floral notes that frame a core of black...
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Full-bodied, refined and powerful, with a luxurious texture, this red boasts glossy raspberry reduction, cherry and...
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Red Spain La Rioja Pre-Arrival

Ever since the Phoenicians and Romans brought their knowledge of vine cultivation to Spanish soils, the country's culture has grown alongside wine production, with wine being a vital part of Spanish identity and Spanish traditions. Each region of Spain has a wine quite distinct from the others, and it is produced by smallholders and families as much as it is by large companies and established wineries. From the relatively mild and lush regions of La Rioja to the arid plateaus that surround Madrid, grapes are grown in abundance for the now booming Spanish wine industry, and new laws and regulations have recently been put in place to keep the country's standards high. By combining traditional practices with modern technology, Spanish wineries are continuing to produce distinctive wines of great character, flavor and aroma, with the focus shifting in recent decades to quality over quantity.

La Rioja is by far the most famous wine region of Spain, and remains one of the world's great wine producing regions, consistently offering deep, complex red wines of character and distinction, partly due to the fact that La Rioja benefits from excellent soils, rich in minerals and nutrients, and plenty of sunshine. The climatic conditions allow the fine grape varietals to reach full ripeness and express plenty of the best features of their terroir, making La Rioja wines some of the most interesting to have ever come out of Europe. The Cantabrian mountains to the north provide the perfect shelter from the colder, wetter influences of the Atlantic oceans, and in the beloved vineyards of La Rioja, wineries have been cultivating exceedingly flavorful Tempranillo grapes for generations for the inclusion in their fine single variety and blended wines.