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WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2004 Gran Reserva spent 30 months in French and American oak. It is a mouth-filling, opulent effort from the great 2004 Read More...
vintage that straddles the line between traditional and modern-style Rioja. It offers up a soaring perfume of wood smoke, pencil lead, exotic spices, lavender, and blackberry that leads to a dense, impeccably balanced, lengthy effort that has the structure to evolve for 5-7 years while showing why 2004 is such an esteemed vintage in Rioja. It should see its 20th birthday in fine form."
It’s finally arrived!!! Founded in 1985, Baron de Ley is a single estate winery located in Rioja Baja focusing on high quality Reserva and Gran Reserva wines. Based on the “Chateau” concept, grapes are sourced exclusively from the property’s estate vineyards. This is an innovative step in a region where bodegas typically source grapes from independent growers throughout the area.
Baron de Ley’s unique personality blends the best of old and new. Located on the grounds of a 16th century monastery on the east bank of the river Ebro in Mendavia, the estate covers 175 acres planted primarily to Tempranillo, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. Quality and attention to detail are an obsession at Baron de Ley, where the ancient architecture belies to the latest winemaking equipment.
We have been waiting for this 2004 Gran Reserva for a while. Tasting other vintages we think you will like this wine now as well as in the future.
On the nose, we get a vast palette of scents: black cherry, sandalwood, soy sauce, carob, mixed exotic spices and herbs, dark florals, black raspberry-- pretty much a "wow!" nose; very expressive. The palate leads with sweet fruit, more exotic spices, a dark medley of berries and minerality. This is elegant but confident wine as the flavors and scents merge harmoniously without 'too much' of any single component blaring through; this while the tannins and acidity interweave throughout the rich mouthfeel, uplifting and sustaining the complete mise-en-scéne of the wine. The finish is lengthy and tasty. Again: wow!
It’s finally arrived!!! Founded in 1985, Baron de Ley is a single estate winery located in Rioja Baja focusing on high quality Reserva and Gran Reserva wines. Based on the “Chateau” concept, grapes are sourced exclusively from the property’s estate vineyards. This is an innovative step in a region where bodegas typically source grapes from independent growers throughout the area.
Baron de Ley’s unique personality blends the best of old and new. Located on the grounds of a 16th century monastery on the east bank of the river Ebro in Mendavia, the estate covers 175 acres planted primarily to Tempranillo, and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. Quality and attention to detail are an obsession at Baron de Ley, where the ancient architecture belies to the latest winemaking equipment.
We have been waiting for this 2004 Gran Reserva for a while. Tasting other vintages we think you will like this wine now as well as in the future.
On the nose, we get a vast palette of scents: black cherry, sandalwood, soy sauce, carob, mixed exotic spices and herbs, dark florals, black raspberry-- pretty much a "wow!" nose; very expressive. The palate leads with sweet fruit, more exotic spices, a dark medley of berries and minerality. This is elegant but confident wine as the flavors and scents merge harmoniously without 'too much' of any single component blaring through; this while the tannins and acidity interweave throughout the rich mouthfeel, uplifting and sustaining the complete mise-en-scéne of the wine. The finish is lengthy and tasty. Again: wow!
$21.98
STEPHAN TANZER'S INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR 91 POINTS - "Pale-rimmed ruby-red. Pungent aromas of dried cherry, spicecake and vanilla, with smoke and Read More...
cigarbox overtones. Sweet, palate-coating cherry and cassis flavors are braced by gentle acidity and become spicier with air. Mocha and smoke note linger on a long, supple and gently tannic finish with very good energy.”
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS - "Still fresh and bright, this juicy red offers cherry, berry, chocolate and licorice flavors. The tannins are light but firm, the acidity has an orange peel note, and the finish is sweet and clean. Drink now through 2015."
We see a pattern here—the 2001 Gran Riserva from Beronia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2011, but the wine had just sold out when the list was published. Again, with the 2004 vintage, Beronia’s Gran Riserva made the Spectator’s Top 100 in 2012, about a month after the 2004 had completely sold out. We love the balance of age and aroma, pot-pourri flowers and lovely cherry fruit that we’ve seen in these Gran Riserva wines. The newly released 2005 Gran Riserva is here and it delivers again—a top quality wine aged for seven years at the winery to ensure prime drinking is a rare and beautiful thing in the wine business, and we love Beronia for their Gran Riservas.
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS - "Still fresh and bright, this juicy red offers cherry, berry, chocolate and licorice flavors. The tannins are light but firm, the acidity has an orange peel note, and the finish is sweet and clean. Drink now through 2015."
We see a pattern here—the 2001 Gran Riserva from Beronia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list for 2011, but the wine had just sold out when the list was published. Again, with the 2004 vintage, Beronia’s Gran Riserva made the Spectator’s Top 100 in 2012, about a month after the 2004 had completely sold out. We love the balance of age and aroma, pot-pourri flowers and lovely cherry fruit that we’ve seen in these Gran Riserva wines. The newly released 2005 Gran Riserva is here and it delivers again—a top quality wine aged for seven years at the winery to ensure prime drinking is a rare and beautiful thing in the wine business, and we love Beronia for their Gran Riservas.
$15.98
WINE SPECTATOR 90 POINTS-A silky texture carries expressive flavors of black plum, violet, licorice and smoke in this focused, balanced red. Has good Read More...
intensity yet remains vibrant and accessible.
$64.95
This is the first release of Conde de Hervias. Many of the vines are pre-phylloxera planted on sandy soil (hence their survival) in the town of Torremontalvo. The wine was aged Read More...
in French and American oak for 16 months. The reticent nose offers up cedar, mineral, spice box, incense, and black cherry. Elegant on the palate, structured, and nicely concentrated, the flavors offer considerable complexity, no doubt from the old vines, with the promise of more to come for those who give it another 6-8 years of cellaring. This fine effort will be at its best from now to 2020. Only 300 six packs produced.
$24.98
WINE ADVOCATE 91 POINTS - The 2004 Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva is a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, and 5% Graciano aged for 26 months in Read More...
French and American oak. Made in a traditional style, it is already beginning to show aromatic complexity from its extended aging. Cedar, leather, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and blackberry lead to a rich, elegant, plush wine in the style of the superb 2004 vintage. Flavorful, stylish, and lengthy, it will continue to blossom with several more years of cellaring and drink well through 2024.
$44.98
In 1973, Contino was founded and became the first of the 'new wave' of single vineyard Rioja estates. Today, winemaker Jesús Madrazo makes some of Rioja's finest wines, polished Read More...
and comparably modern, but with sense of balance and restraint that gives them amazing elegance and great longevity. Simply put, this is modern Rioja executed perfectly.
The nose of sea salt, loamy earth and cedar box leads to a palate of soft flavors and uplifting tannins; dried cherry with touches of dark florals violets). This is very refined wine but with the right tannic balance. Contino's Rioja also boasts a healthy 10% dollop of Graciano, which enhances the wine's color, freshness and ageability.
The nose of sea salt, loamy earth and cedar box leads to a palate of soft flavors and uplifting tannins; dried cherry with touches of dark florals violets). This is very refined wine but with the right tannic balance. Contino's Rioja also boasts a healthy 10% dollop of Graciano, which enhances the wine's color, freshness and ageability.
$44.95
85% Tempranillo with Mazuelo and Graciano. Intense ruby color with equally intense red and black fruit aromatics with spicy and sweet Bourbon nuances. Full and meaty palate Read More...
with incredible depth and a long, velvety and complex finish.
$9.99
ROBERT PARKER - "Another good buy, the 2009 Rioja Cvne Crianza (80% Tempranillo and the rest other authorized varietals) exhibits a dark ruby/purple color, Read More...
loads of fruit (black currants and cherries), licorice and forest floor notes, a supple texture, medium body, and considerable flavor authority as well as character. Drink it over the next 2-3 years."
$29.99
At least 90% Tempranillo with Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo. This wine is aged in a combination of American & French oak for at least 2 years before continuing to age in bottle for Read More...
at least 1 year. Ripe red fruits, warm spices and elegant toasty oak. Good acidity and tannin. Already balanced but will only improve with age.
$12.98
ROBERT PARKER 91 POINTS -
"Another sensational value is the 2009 Rioja Vina Real Crianza. Made from 90% Tempranillo blended with other authorized varietals, Read More...
this effort comes from vineyards in the foothills of Sierra Cantabria. Exceptionally ripe with a dark ruby/purple color, excellent texture, and outstanding concentration, length and equilibrium, this is one of the finest value-priced Riojas in the marketplace. Enjoy it over the next 4-5 years."
$16.98
This particular rendition combines classicTempranillo vectors of wild cherry/berry and mixed currant fruit with subtle notes of cedar, clove, fresh leather, warm spice,exotic herbs Read More...
and candied licorice. All of the above is framed in traditional Spanish fashion with the creamy vanilla influenceof American oak. Graceful and silky on the palate, the wine evolves nicely in the glass and brings a fair amount of complexityand richness to bear for the price. The wine’s even-keeled finish let’s you down softly and brings you back for more! A moreartisinal, feminine-styled Rioja, if you will, that represents a nice change of pace from the ocean of industrial-styled winecurrently permeating the marketplace! The name Deobriga (“Divine Bridge”) comes from “Deo” meaning God and “Briga”which means Bridge. Trust us, this is one bridge you don’t want to miss crossing!
$11.95
This traditional style Crianza is ruby red color and 100% Tempranillo. It is well balanced with hints of oak and vanilla. Soft and long with a superb concentration of fruity flavors, Read More...
aged for fourteen months in white oak this Rioja has depth and presence, a great everyday wine.
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One of Spains great Bodegas - Still family owned to this day, dating back to 1861. Don Julio Faustino is at the helm. Faustino is possibly the best known Rioja around the world and Read More...
Faustino 1 the Gran Reserva certainly sets the benchmarks for others to follow. Bright cherry red wine, medium depth with garnet rim showing some age. On the nose there is mature berry fruit with spice and toasty oak. The palate is powerful with a savoury note, spice and oak. The wine is complex and smooth and elegant with a long finish..
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Since its foundation in the 1920's, Glorioso has been rated highly in the world's leading wine competitions. From the grapes to the French oak barrels, the winery selects only the Read More...
finest materials to ensure that its wines reflect the true quality of the Rioja Alavesa terrior.
The wine is deep ruby red with aromas of ripe dark fruits balanced by well integrated oak and spice. The body is rich and complex with dary fruits and a long satisfying finish.
The wine is deep ruby red with aromas of ripe dark fruits balanced by well integrated oak and spice. The body is rich and complex with dary fruits and a long satisfying finish.
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Gran Familia leads off with a classic Spanish nose of vanillin oak, black cherry and spice followed by a gorgeous palate of ripe boysenberry, red raspberry and strawberry fruit nuanced Read More...
nicely with hints of carob, Asian tea and truffles. It is clean and user-friendly in combining elegance, finesse and complexity at a price that's sure to bring a smile to your face! Produced from Spain's noble Tempranillo grape it is soft and luxurious on the palate. Enjoy it slightly chilled and experience Spain and her wines like never before!
$19.95
Now composed of 100% Tempranillo (no more garnacha in the blend), this is a delicious Alberdi, the best I've had in a few years. And also at the lowest price! The wine is still bottled Read More...
unfined and unfiltered; that's what the 20 full-time staffers who do nothing but rack wine are for! For a classically styled Reserva bottling from Rioja, it does not get much better than this.
$39.95
ROBERT PARKER 95 POINTS - The 2001 Vina Tondonia Reserva is bridled with a lovely nose of decayed red fruit, fireside hearth, a touch of mulberry and Read More...
small red cherry. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, crisp red fruits (wild strawberry and cranberry) with a sharp, vibrant, tense, tannic finish that has immense precision. There is a slight saline note lingering in the mouth after the wine has (regretfully) departed. Drink now-2030+
Originally crafted by Don Rafael to emulate the spirit of great old Bordeaux wines, Tondonia is always featured in a Bordeaux bottle. To many, it also seems to suggest Bordeaux in the bottle – always a bit smoother, rounder, and more in the black fruit, cacao, tobacco and leather vein, this wine tends to appeal to fans of Bordeaux, although with the unmistakable imprint of its Rioja pedigree. Comprised of Tempranillo (75%), Garnacha (15%), Graciano and Mazuelo (10%), the reserva always spends a remarkable 5 ½ years in oak and 4 years in the bottle before it’s released.
Originally crafted by Don Rafael to emulate the spirit of great old Bordeaux wines, Tondonia is always featured in a Bordeaux bottle. To many, it also seems to suggest Bordeaux in the bottle – always a bit smoother, rounder, and more in the black fruit, cacao, tobacco and leather vein, this wine tends to appeal to fans of Bordeaux, although with the unmistakable imprint of its Rioja pedigree. Comprised of Tempranillo (75%), Garnacha (15%), Graciano and Mazuelo (10%), the reserva always spends a remarkable 5 ½ years in oak and 4 years in the bottle before it’s released.
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