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Palacios Remondo Rioja La Montesa 2010
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$35.56
The 2010 Finca La Montesa, a blend of 75% Garnacha, 20% Tempranillo and 5% Mazuelo sourced from the family vineyard...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Gran Reserva 2001
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$199.36
The 2001 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva is the follow-up of the 1995. There is a sense of harmony and elegance, of...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2003
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$52.68
Bright ruby-red. Ripe cherry, vanilla and floral pastilles on the smoky, oak-spiced nose. Sweet and supple on the...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2004
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$187.95
$199.14
Dried mango, pineapple and lemon aromas with hints of cream follow through to a full body, lightly tannic texture and...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2004
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$90.95
Dried mango, pineapple and lemon aromas with hints of cream follow through to a full body, lightly tannic texture and...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2006
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$403.32
The red flagship 2006 Viña Tondonia Reserva was inspired by the vineyards of the Médoc but produced with local...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2006
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$58.95
The red flagship 2006 Viña Tondonia Reserva was inspired by the vineyards of the Médoc but produced with local...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$66.57
Sweet berries, cherries, cedar and dried flowers on the nose. Some lemon and lime zest, too! Medium-to full-bodied...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2010
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$89.94
#8 Spanish Wine Of 2022. This is as complex and savory as the rest of the Viña Tondonia wines, but also shows a tad...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2011
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$116.41
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$45.12
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$44.94
The 2012 Viña Tondonia Reserva comes from a very dry year, with 25% less rain than the average (at the time),...
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Telmo Rodriguez Rioja YJAR 2017
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$128.95
The first time a Spanish Rioja has been offered via the Place de Bordeaux. The new wine by oenologist-winemaker Telmo...
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Telmo Rodriguez Rioja YJAR 2018
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$145.80
The second vintage by oenologist-winemaker Telmo Rodriguez, the 3.8-hectare, single-vineyard cuvée from the...
Grenache Red Blend Spain La Rioja Pre-Arrival
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
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.