D.O.Ca. Rioja

Trasnocho 2007

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Christened by the wine press and many sommeliers the “Prince of Samaniego”, Fernando Remírez de Ganuza is a key wine-making figure due to his innovative nature and incurable perfectionism, both in his winery and in the wines he produces. Fernando oversees a winery with almost...
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Martires 2010

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Finca Allende is the culmination of a dream that its alma mater, Miguel Ángel De Gregorio, started for real at the beginning of the 1990s and set up in Briones. Undergoing more modern methods which employ a shorter than usual ageing in oak barrels, and which reward the...
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Bodegas Paternina were founded, originally in the small Riojan town of Ollauri, more than a hundred years ago by Federico Paternina. They have denoted for several generations of consumers one of the country’s most well-known wine-producing brands and at the time they were one of...
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La Nieta 2010

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In the village location of Páganos, near Laguardia, at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria Mountains, the Eguren family started up a project in 1998 to create a unique underground bodega, carved out beneath a vineyard lying on very poor soils, clay-loam in texture and with a...
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Real de Asúa 2002

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Founded in 1879, the premises of the Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (known as CVNE or Cune), is made up of a cluster of buildings, mainly from the 19th Century, arranged around a patio surrounded by facilities for winemaking, ageing and bottling.   The Company is...
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Alto de la Caseta 2008

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Bodegas Bilbaínas is part of Spanish wine history and an institution from the 'la estación’ neighbourhood of Haro. Founded in 1859 by a French wine company, it passed into the hands of a group of friends "from Bilbao" in 1901, hence its name today. It is considered one of the...
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Aurus 2008

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Finca Allende is the culmination of a dream which its alma mater, Miguel Angel de Gregorio, set in motion the early 90's in Briones, a town in the north of the Rioja Alta, where the vineyards grow on prominently clayey soils.  Produced using ultra-modern methods which include...
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Macán Clásico 2009

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The big surprise, with a capital "S", of 2013, is brought to us by two totems of the wine world, Benjamin de Rothschild and Vega Sicilia.  12 years ago they started working together on creating  new winery from scratch in one of the world's most classic wine regions: Rioja.  It...
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Artadi Pagos Viejos 2010

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The 80’s, when Juan Carlos López de Lacalle managed the Laguardia cooperative and spent his time “swimming” through a sea of maceration carbonique, are long gone. This technique was prized and popular with the famous "cosecheros" of La Rioja at the time.  But López de Lacalle...
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Viña Albina Vendimia Tardía 2001

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One of the country's old traditional wineries located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta, which was officially founded in 1890 by the Artacho family and Don Rafael Carreras. This important piece of Spanish wine history houses over 4 million bottles, produced in its 300 hectares of...
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