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What are the general Spanish aging requirements for wines labeled Crianza?

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White: 18 months, incl 6 m in oak

Red: 2 years, incl 6 m in oak

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What are the general Spanish aging requirements for wines labeled Reserva?

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White: 2 years, incl 6 m in oak

Red: 3 years, incl 1 year in oak

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What are the general Spanish aging requirements for wines labeled Gran Reserva?

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White: 4 years, incl 6 m in oak

Red: 5 years, incl 18 m in oak

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What does Noble indicate on a bottle of Spanish wine?

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min 18 months aging in a cask of 600L or less

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What does Añejo indicate on a bottle of Spanish wine?

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min 24 months aging in a cask of 600L or less

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What does Viejo indicate on a bottle of Spanish wine?

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min 36 months aging, marked oxidative character

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List the subzones of Navarra DO

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Valdizarbe
Baja Montaña
Tierra Estrella
Ribera Alta
Ribera Baja

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List the DO Pago in Navarra

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Señorio de Arinzano (TE)
Prado Irache (TE)
Bodegas Otazu (Valdizarbe)

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List the main red and white grapes in Navarra DO

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Garnacha*
Tempranillo
Chardonnay

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List the DOs in Aragon

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Campo de Borja
Calatayud
Cariñena
Somontano

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What are the major grapes in Campo de Borja DO? Where is it?

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in Aragon, Spain

red: Garnacha, Tempranillo
white: Viura

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Where is the ancestral home of Carignan? Synonym?

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in Cariñena DO, Aragon, Spain

Also known as Mazuelo and Samso (Catalonia)

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Rivers in Rioja?

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Rio Oja, joins the Tirón, then later the Ebro

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Synonym for Carignan in Rioja?

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Mazeulo

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List 5 producers Rioja

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Lopez de Heredia
Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España (CVNE)
La Rioja Alta
Bodegas Roda
Bodegas Lanzaga
Gomez Cruzado

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Mountain ranges Rioja

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Pyranees to NE
Cantabrian to NW

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Traditional blending grapes Rioja

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Tempranillo
Graciano
Garnacha
Mazuelo (Carinena)

Maturana Tinta also allowed

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Rivers in Rioja Alta

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Oja
Najerilla

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Hubs of production Rioja Alta

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Haro in NW
Logroño in the East

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Rioja Alta soil types

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in Oja valley: chalky, alluvial
in Najerilla valley: iron-rich clay

northern areas are characterized by yellow calcareous clay (arcillo-calcareo)

lower slopes south of the Ebro River contain reddish, iron-rich clay soils (arcillo-ferroso).

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Rioja Alavesa soil type

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more limestone, higher elevation vineyards

highest concentration of calcareous clay soils, the dominant soil type between the Cantabrian Mountains and the north bank of the Ebro River.

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Rioja Orental soils

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directly east of the Iregua River. It has some iron-rich clay, but most of the lower, flatter areas are characterized by alluvial, silty soils.

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Which subzone of La Rioja has a tradition for carbonic macerated Tempranillo?

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Rioja Alavesa

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Rioja DOCa- which autonomias does it traverse?

Subzones?

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La Rioja, Basque Country (Alavesa), Navarra, Castilla y Léon

Rioja Alta (La Rioja & Castilla y León),
Rioja Oriental-formerly Baja(Navarra),
Rioja Alavesa (País Vasco)

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What does Garnacha add as a blending grape with Tempranillo?

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alcohol, body, fruitiness

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What does Graciano add as a blending grape with Tempranillo?

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acidity, tannin, spice

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What does Mazuelo add as a blending grape with Tempranillo?

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acidity and tannin

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White grapes Rioja

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Viura (Macabeo)
Malvasia
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Verdejo
Garnacha Blanca
Maturana blanca
Tempranillo Blanco
Turrantés

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What is Maturana Tinta a synonym for? Other synonyms for this grape?

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Maturana Tinta is a blending grape in Rioja, synonym for Trousseau

Trousseau also goes by Merenzao and Bastardo

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Rioja red wine aging requirements

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Crianza: min 2 yrs, incl 1 yr in oak

Reserva: min 3 yrs, incl 1 yr in oak, and 6m in bottle

Gran Reserva: min 5 yrs, incl 2 yrs in oak, 2 yrs in bottle

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Rioja white wine aging requirements

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Crianza: min 18 months, incl 6m in oak

Reserva: min 2 yrs, incl 6m in oak

Gran Reserva: min 4 yrs, incl 6m in oak

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Rioja requirements for village name to be on label?

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regs passed in 2017

only the village of the vineyard and cellar may appear on the bottle- meaning that wineries cannot feature a full portfolio of different village wines unless they have production facilities in each

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Rioja Viñedo Singular requirements

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Single vineyard requirements: grapes must be hand harvested, vines must be at least 35 years old, smaller yields, must pass tasting committee

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Vino Espumoso de Calidad de Rioja - what is this? aging?

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new (2017) category for traditional method sparkling wines in Rioja DOCa. traditional method, manual harvesting only.

Crianza: min 15 months on lees

Reserva: min 24 months on lees

Gran Añada: min 36 months on lees

Brut, extra brut, and brut nature may be produced

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What is the Spanish category for IGP wines?

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Vino de la Tierra (VdlT)

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Spanish red wine aging requirements

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Crianza: 2 years total, 6 m in oak
Reserva: 3 years total, 1 yr in oak
Gran Reserva: 5 years total, 18 m in oak

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Spanish rosé and white wine aging requirements

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Crianza: 18 months total, 6m in oak
Reserva: 2 years total, 6m in oak
Gran Reserva: 4 years total, 6m in oak

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Can producers labelling with Rioja DOCa use large barrels to age their wines?

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No! Barrels must be approximately 225 liters in size. Producers wanting to use larger barrels, concrete, or amphorae must use a more generic appellation

39
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Producers with authorized Viñedo Singular vineyards in Rioja?

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Beronia - Vareia, Beronia
Palacios Remondo- Quiñon de Valmira

… there are a ton

40
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Rioja producers making sparkling wine

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Bodegas Valdemar - first single vineyard sparkling in Rioja, Finca Alto Cantabria Gran Añada, in 2017

Bodegas Muga

Bodegas Urbina

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Rivers in Aragon?

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Jalon - in Calatayud

Huerva - in Cariñena

Ebro

Moncayo Massif is also here

42
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DO Pago in Aragon?

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Pago Aylés
in Carinyena

43
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When did Phylloxera arrive in Rioja?

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1899

44
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What is a mallas?

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wire cages on Rioja bottles- were originally in response to fraud

45
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When did Rioja’s Consejo Regulador form?

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  1. First in Spain
46
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What is the major city in Navarra?

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Pampolona

47
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Who created the special bottling Cosme Palacio y Hermanos Reserva Especial?

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Michel Rolland, 1987

he was brought to Spain by Bodega Palacios

48
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What year did Rioja become a DOCa?

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1991

49
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Rioja Alavesa is centered around what main town?

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San Vicente de la Sonsierra

50
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What set of mountains is a defining feature of Rioja Oriental’s landscape?

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Yerga Mountains

51
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What is the largest DO of Aragon? What is the prominent grape there?

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Calatayud

Grenache most important

52
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What is the capital city of Aragon?

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Zaragoza

53
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Producers located in Haro’s station quarter

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LdH
Gomez Cruzado
Muga
CVNE

54
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The Jalón River flows through what DO? What river does it pour into?

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Calatayud DO
Ebro River

55
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The Moncayo Massif is a prominent feature in what DO?

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Campo do Borja DO
In Aragon

56
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For Rioja’s Village category wines, what percentage of fruit must come from said vineyard?

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Min. 85%

57
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What is Lopez de Heredia’s youngest bottling (in terms of aging)?

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Cubillo

58
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Lopez de Heredia’s Viña Bosconia was historically made with what variety?

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Pinot Noir

59
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What vineyard does Lopez de Heredia’s Viña Gravonia come from?

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Zaconia

60
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Lopez de Heredia’s Viña Gravonia was called what historically?

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Rioja Graves - changed with a 1954 law (according to wines of Northern Spain book). The website indicates that it was also called Viña Zaconia for a period of time and in special botrytis years, was released as “Sauternia”

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What grapes are in Lopez de Heredia’s Viña Tondonia red?

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~75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 10% Graciano, 5% Mazuelo
1890 first vintage

62
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What is the name of Vega Sicilia’s Rioja venture? Who did they partner with?

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Macán (2009 was the 1st bottling)
Partnership with Benjamin de Rothschild

63
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What are Marques de Murrieta’s top 2 white bottlings?

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Capellania - the more modern French oak edition
Castillo Ygay - the long aged American oak oxidative edition

64
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What is the most important winery in Rioja Oriental?

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Palacios Remondo/Alvaro Palacios, Alfaro

65
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Name 2 of Bodega Lanzaga’s single vineyard sites.

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La Estrada, El Velado are in Lanciego
Tabuérniga and Las Beatas are the top 2 - located in Labastida

66
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What indigenous grape is used to produce white wine in Somontano? Red?

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Alcañon (white)
Parraleta (red)

67
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Which region in Spain was the first to be christened Denominación de Origen Calificada and in what year did this happen?

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Rioja in 1991

68
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For Rosado in Rioja, what percentage of the grapes used must be red?

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25%

69
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What three estate vineyards do Lopez de Heredia produce from?

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Bosconia, Tondonia, and Gravonia

70
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What are the tiers of wine quality in Spain starting from the top?

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Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa)
DO Pago
Denominación de Origen (DO)
Vinos de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)
Vino de la Tierra (VdlT)

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What is the standard size of a Rioja barrel?

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225 liters

72
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What are the grapes of Viña Tondonia White?

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Blend of Viura, Malvasia
1890 first vintage

73
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Grapes authorized in Rioja 2007

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red: Maturana Tinta

white: Maturana Blanca, Tempranillo Blanca, Torrontés
white foreign: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdejo (cannot be majority)

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Rioja min abv no subzone

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Rioja (without subzone designation):
Blanco/Rosado: 10.5% (11% for Reserva or Gran Reserva)
Tinto: 11.5% (12% for Reserva or Gran Reserva)

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Rioja min abv w/subzone

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Blanco Alta/Alavesa: 11%
Blanco Baja: 11.5%

Rosado Alta/Alavesa: 10.5%
Rosado Baja/Oriental: 11%

Tinto Alta/Alavesa: 11.5%
Tinto Baja: 12%

76
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Rioja geographical labelling terms

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Viñedo Singular (single vineyard)

Vinos de Pueblo / Vino Municipio (village wine)

Vinos de Zona

77
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Barrio de la Estación

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Rioja train station - est in 1880, helped spread the wines outside of the region. wineries set up near the station, including López de Heredia, Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (CVNE), and La Rioja Alta

78
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Emile Peynaud Rioja

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Marqués de Cáceres hired him in the 60s, advocated for use of French oak

79
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Rioja producers using large amounts French oak

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Muga- Special Selection and Torre Muga are 100% French

Roda - 100% French

Beronia- uses a mix of FR and US

80
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American coopers popular in Rioja

A

Canton
Seguin Moreau

81
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Navarra producers

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Vina Zorzal
Azul y Garanza

82
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Femelluri - where?

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based in Rioja Alavesa. Was first 100% estate Rioja

83
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Aragon produccers

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Bodegas Alto Moncayo

84
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Ldh Vina Tondonia - Red

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Tempranillo (75%), Garnacho (15%), Graciano and Mazuelo (10%), all from our own vineyards. on right bank of Ebro

Reserva ages 6 years
Gran Res ages 10 years

85
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LdH Vina Tondonia - White

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90% Viura, 10% Malvasia
Reserva ages 6 years
Gran Res ages 10 years

86
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Viña Bosconia

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Red- around 80% Tempranillo, with 15% Garnacha, remainder Mazuelo and Graciano.

Reserva ages 5 years
Gran Res ages 10 years

87
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Viña Cubillo

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Crianza
Tempranillo (65%), Garnacho (25%), Mazuelo and Graciano, the rest, all from our own vineyards.

ages 3 years

88
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Viña Gravonia

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Crianza
100% Viura
ages 4 years

89
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Roda 1

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95% Tempranillo
5% Graciano

all in French oak- 50% new

90
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Castillo Ygay

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Marques de Murrieta, La Plana vineyard in Rioja Alta

85% Tempranillo
15% Mazuelo

Tempranillo ages in American Oak or 34 months, Mazuelo ages for 34 months in French oak. Blended then ages 20 more months in concrete

91
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Torre Muga

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around 75% Tempranillo, remainder is Mazuelo and Graciano

aged 16-18 months in NFO (Allier and Troncais)

92
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Viña Ardanza

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La Rioja Alta
80% Tempranillo
20% Garnacha (Rioja Oriental)

wine ages in their own American oak barrels

93
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Viña El Pison

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Bodegas y Vinedos Artadi, Rioja Alavesa
100% Tempranillo
El Pison is the vineyard, in foothills of the Cantabrian mountains

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