Mission Codename All OK at the OK Corral
Crowd-pleasing CREEEEANZA! A HUGE office favorite at our tasting out of 30+ wines that week.
The sheer value here is hard to imagine. SO much succulent, crunchy, juicy red fruit. Structure, too. An utterly beautiful example. This is your drink-me-every-day, instant “did we just become best friends” red. If you enjoy ANY sort of red wine - big Napa Cabs to light juicy Pinots - you’ll adore it. If not, write to us and we will cook you dinner. Or DoorDash you one.
This represents a modern spin on the style. Single vineyard, meticulously farmed and crafted from start to finish. LOADED with succulent, lush red fruits. Both light on its feet and brimming with structure and ripeness. Baskets of ripe summer berries? Oh yes. A hint of Turkish coffee? Indeed. Toasty oak, a dusting of cardamom? Yup. Perfectly mellow but sturdy tannins? All there.
Finally, we’ll just leave you with a little snippet from Decanter: “…prices for Rioja remain reasonable compared to other fine wine-producing regions.”
Reasonable? It’s downright shocking how good this is for the price, and that we have a few cases left for you. Viva España!
92 Points – Wine Enthusiast
“Dark garnet in color, this wine has a bouquet of cassis, clove, and Red Delicious apple peel. Hefty tannins provide an ample backdrop for flavors of black cherry, strawberry, anisette, clove, and mint that culminate in a rich, spicy finish.”
Tasting Profile
Cherries, plum, rum raisin, Turkish coffee, cardamom
Look | A pale ruby still, hard to believe, with a wide, vivid garnet and brick rim shining brilliantly |
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Smell | Dried cranberries, cherries, like a spice bazaar of sorts, with mace and floral pastille notes |
Taste | Juicy, fresh acidity, sweetly tannic backbone, fig jam, bergamot, candied ginger, orange chutney |
Finish | The complex finish soars, with an impeccable balance between the fruit and savory elements |
Pairing | Roast lamb, ham, or your favorite tapas with this, yeah baby! |
What the Winery Says
2017 'Altos' Single Estate Crianza Rioja
- Winemaker
- Javier Martinez
- Varietal
- 100% Tempranillo
- Vintage
- 2017
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Appellation
- Rioja DOCa, Spain
- Subregion
- Moncalvillo, Rioja Alta
- Vineyard
- Altos de Corral
- Soils
- Clay, chalk, iron rich topsoil with large rocks
- Vineyard size
- 10 hectares
- Altitude
- 600 meters above sea level
- Total acidity
- 6.5 g/L
- pH
- 3.20
- Residual sugar
- 1.9 g/L
- Aging
- 12 months in barrel, 12 months in bottle
- Barrels
- 100% new French oak