Bodegas Urbina, Rioja Crianza 2015

Bodegas Urbina, Rioja Crianza 2015

  • Vibe Old School
  • Variety Red
Why we love this bottle

Bodegas Urbina was founded in 1870 in Cuzcurrita del Río Tirón, western Rioja Alta. The estate is run by the fourth generation — brothers Ángel, Pedro and Santiago — and covers 75 hectares of estate vineyards. What makes Urbina unusual is its relationship with time: wines are released deliberately late, carrying years of barrel and bottle age before reaching the market. A Crianza from 2015 arriving a decade after harvest is standard practice here, not an anomaly.

We love it because Urbina makes the kind of patient, honest Rioja that is becoming very difficult to find.

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  • Ripe strawberry, dried cherry and a touch of orange peel
  • Vanilla, leather, tobacco and baking spice from extended oak ageing
  • Medium-bodied and silky, with soft tannins and a long, savoury finish
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Alcohol (13,5%)
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