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An exceptional tasting of some of Rioja's most sought after wines...
An exceptional tasting of some of Rioja's most sought after wines...
Covering the vintages 2001-2022...
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The results of a 53-wine panel tasting...
A selection of 15 wines spanning five different vintages all drinking well today...
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How are the individual vintages stacking up against each other now?
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2010 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Excelente! Has the potential to stand alongside 2005. Drink 2014–2024.
2009 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A 'useful' vintage, probably for drinking relatively early.
2008 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Ripe, balanced, medium-boded red wines, with bright acidity. Whites are racy with good fruit and floral flavours.
2007 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Most consistent quality from Rioja Baja, with crisp, well-balanced, elegant wines.
2006 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Good to very good vintage, with a moderate harvest securing good quality fruit and fresh, supple and crisp wines.
2005 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. The grapes arrived in excellent health with analytical parameters which correspond to an extraordinary vintage.
2004 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Wines with high alcohol and concentrated colour and aromas ideal for ageing
2003 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Mixed bag, though better producers created powerful, intense and balanced wines
2002 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Fairly broad early drinking wines
2001 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Classic Rioja wines: robust and round with balancing acidity
2000 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Officially a three-star vintage. Some made better wine than others.
1999 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Yields were down but generally quality is good.
1998 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A largely successful year with plenty of above average wines.
1997 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A sound but unexceptional year.
1996 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A very good vintage though less fine than the preceding two.
1995 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A big vintage of classic wines.
1994 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. Splendid year with intense, slow maturing wines of great colour and depth of flavour.
1993 vintage guide for Spain Rioja. A good but unexciting vintage which produced wines for immediate drinking.