Tasting Highlights: Spain's Rioja

Eight Tempranillo-based reds from two outstanding vintages in Rioja

By Thomas Matthews
Posted: Monday, January 14, 2008

When it comes to the Tempranillo-based reds from Rioja , it's hard to choose between 2004 (which garners a 92-point rating for the vintage as a whole) and 2001 (93 points). The younger vintage shows .....

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