Country: Spain. Region: Rioja. Grape: Tempranillo. Style: Traditional, rich and complex. Info: Bodegas Urbina have been making high end Rioja's from a single estate for more than 150 years and their heritage shows. The vines are located around the Rioja Alta area within Rioja - this is where the highest vines are and where the Haro winemaking town sits (where most of the most revered wineries call home). This is a very well defined Rioja, with plenty of bottle age. It has all the hallmarks of a brilliant Rioja. Luscious black fruit, warming American oak characteristics and a maturity that brings it all together. Bodegas Urbina only make wine with grapes from their own vineyards and limit the use of pesticides and fungicides. To maintain the richness and structure of the soil only organic fertilisers are used.
