In
the universe of wine, Spain is considered to be of the Old World.
Before the Romans and the Moors, grapes grew wildly there at a time
before mankind could flourish. The phylloxera epidemic brought some
French influence to Spain's premier red wine DOC, Rioja, towards the end
of the 19th century that helped Rioja to create it's own classic style.
Even though today many Rioja producers follow a new style of
winemaking, there are a few producers that stay true to the classic
Rioja style.
My favorite of the traditionalist Rioja wineries and probably the most well known of them is
López de Heredia.
For over 130 years Lopez de Heredia has stayed true to it's
wine-making philosophy and heritage. Their love for the land can be
accounted for in how they use only estate grown grapes for their wines
and all of the wines are from single vineyard sites.
From lopezdeheredia.com
Lopez
de Heredia wines are often beautifully distinctive colors with equally
distinctive aromatically oak influenced and fruity noses and they are
always very rich and developed. Their whites are by no means ordinary
and are especially unique because they age them like they do their red
wines. As ludicrous as it seems to oxidize or expose white wine to too
much oak, Heredia seems to make it work for them. True gems of Rioja
and undoubtedly something to try if you ever get the chance.
From winesfromspain.com
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