Description
Due to a year's maturation in wooden barrels, this Rioja is soft and supple, but you can still taste the fresh fruit. Delicious on its own and recommended with meat, pasta and cheese.
* Color, taste: red, firm
* Grape variety: Tempranillo, Grenache, Mazuelo
* Country, region: Spain, Rioja
* Delicious with: pork, chicken
* Awarded: Hamersma, 8.5
Albert Heijn's wine buyers search all over the world for the most special wines for the AH Excellent Selection. Special because they come from a new area, or are very classic, from a well-known winery or made by trendsetting winemakers. An AH Excellent Selection wine has something to say. Rioja is one of the great, classic wines of Europe with its own style. Actually, you should talk about styles. You have the traditional Riojas, with sultry, spicy aromas due to aging in American oak. And there are modern Riojas in which you can clearly taste fresh fruit in addition to that spiciness. This is how this Vina Lorea Crianza tastes. It comes from Cune, a winery from 1879. Our buyers got to work with the winemakers of this company. They selected a full-fruity wine that they aged in barrels for a shorter period than usual. That's the secret, because it keeps its fruity aromas, but also gives it extra depth and a wonderfully soft aftertaste. This is Rioja as we like to drink it now.
