1968 Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Rioja

Producer: Bodegas Riojanas  
Region: Rioja, Spain  
Varietal: Tempranillo  
Year: 1968 

About the Producer: 

"One of the grand old names of Rioja, Riojanas has produced heroic wines since its founding in 1890.  Under Felipe’s guiding hand, it remained one of the few remaining houses committed to the traditional methods that gave us one of the world's most distinctive and long-lived styles of wine.  

The marquee wines of Riojanas are the velvety, rich Monte Real Gran Reserva and the hauntingly perfumed, refined Viña Albina Gran Reserva, each deserving a place among the great wines of Rioja. True to Rioja tradition, Riojanas uses a Burgundy-shaped bottle for the powerful Monte Real and the more slender Bordeaux bottle for the elegant Viña Albina.  Riojanas’ classic winemaking and fabulous quality are exemplified by the opulent Monte Real and beautifully refined Viña Albina Gran Reservas.  Though each is profoundly classic, the Viña Albina tends to be more elegant and refined in nature, while Monte Real is slightly more Rhône-like in its expression. But both are majestic in their texture and aromatics, just as are such comparable duos as López de Heredia’s Tondonia and Bosconia and Cune’s Imperial and Viña Real." 

Alcohol: 11-14% 

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