Spain is the best place in the world to find great wines at great prices! Bodegas Riojannas is one of the best addresses in Rioja. We have sold almost a hundred cases of their 1998 Monte Real Rioja Grand Riserva. The sales manager visited us last week and poured the range of their new releases, and the 2019 Monte Real Rioja Riserva is an incredible bottle for only $19.99! If this were from another renowned producer worldwide, it would easily be two to three times the price. This wine comes from some estate vines that are organically farmed and some sourced fruit that is also sustainable farmed and from long-term contracts with the growers. This wine is 100% Tempranillo, and the vines, on average, are forty years old; this wine is fermented with native years and spends 12 months in American and French oak. The wine displays lovely cassis, liquid minerals, tar, game with uncanny depth, and lots of power on the palate, but in balance. The 2019 vintage is lovely, and this wine shows well at this young age but will age for a decade or more! A truly great buy for the money!
Wine Enthusiast (Mike De Simone) 93 pts! Deep garnet to the eye, this wine offers a bouquet of Chambord, violet and dark chocolate. It is bright on entry, with flavors of pomegranate, raspberry, milk chocolate, lavender and butterscotch. Sleek tannins sail into a lengthy finish marked with a hint of orange zest.
James Suckling 92 pts! Quite an understated and traditional bottling of Rioja, showing red and black berries, hints of dried mushroom, peppercorns, dark earth and tobacco on the nose. Chewy and juicy on the medium-bodied palate, showing a fresh array of berries and plums. Drinkable now, but better from 2025.
2019 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva
2019 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva
Spain is the best place in the world to find great wines at great prices! Bodegas Riojannas is one of the best addresses in Rioja. We have sold almost a hundred cases of their 1998 Monte Real Rioja Grand Riserva. The sales manager visited us last week and poured the range of their new releases, and the 2019 Monte Real Rioja Riserva is an incredible bottle for only $19.99! If this were from another renowned producer worldwide, it would easily be two to three times the price. This wine comes from some estate vines that are organically farmed and some sourced fruit that is also sustainable farmed and from long-term contracts with the growers. This wine is 100% Tempranillo, and the vines, on average, are forty years old; this wine is fermented with native years and spends 12 months in American and French oak. The wine displays lovely cassis, liquid minerals, tar, game with uncanny depth, and lots of power on the palate, but in balance. The 2019 vintage is lovely, and this wine shows well at this young age but will age for a decade or more! A truly great buy for the money!
Wine Enthusiast (Mike De Simone) 93 pts! Deep garnet to the eye, this wine offers a bouquet of Chambord, violet and dark chocolate. It is bright on entry, with flavors of pomegranate, raspberry, milk chocolate, lavender and butterscotch. Sleek tannins sail into a lengthy finish marked with a hint of orange zest.
James Suckling 92 pts! Quite an understated and traditional bottling of Rioja, showing red and black berries, hints of dried mushroom, peppercorns, dark earth and tobacco on the nose. Chewy and juicy on the medium-bodied palate, showing a fresh array of berries and plums. Drinkable now, but better from 2025.
