Los 12 mejores tempranillos, según Sarah Jane Evans

“La plantación excesivamente entusiasta y el uso intensivo del roble no le han hecho ningún favor a su reputación, pero la variedad más extendida de España puede hacer excelentes vinos”. La master of wine Sarah Jane Evans comienza así un artículo publicado en la revista Decanter en el que destaca las regiones y los productores que han ayudado al tempranillo a alcanzar su máximo potencial.

Dominio de Es, Viñas Viejas de Soria, Ribera del Duero, 2017
From old vines at 1,000m, pre-phylloxera, the wine fermented in large used oak. This is superbly elegant and could not be further from the muscular…

Roda, Cirsion, Rioja, Northern Spain, Spain, 2016
Modern and glossy, a statement wine, from a bodega that has spent years researching Tempranillo. Unlike many of its peers, it has only eight months…

Legaris, Moradillo de Roa, Ribera del Duero, 2016
One of a relatively new trio of village wines from Legaris, illustrating the diversity of the Ribera del Duero region. This one is grown at…

Aalto, Ribera del Duero, Ribera del Duero, 2016
Gloriously aromatic Tinto Fino with black cherry, liquorice and sweet spices. Fleshy, with a bright line of acidity that cuts the richness. Fine-grained tannins. A…

Abadía Retuerta, Pago Negralada, Castilla y Léon, 2015
A Tinto Fino that envelops you in a sumptuous hug. The vines grow at 650m on deep gravel and sand soils, delivering an abundance of…

Muga, Selección Especial Reserva, Rioja, 2014
Textbook Rioja, a classic from the Muga family. A lively blend showing succulent red fruits and back notes of sweet spices, underlined by freshness. Aged…

Fall Creek, Salt Lick Vineyards ExTerra Tempranillo, 2016
Texas – with the interruption for Prohibition – has a long history with Tempranillo. Fall Creek was the first Texas High Country winery. This, its…

Struggling Vines, Phinca Hapa, Rioja, Northern Spain, 2017
Named in memory of Hapa, a much-loved hound, the wine is an equally affectionate expression of Tempranillo. Biodynamically farmed, fermented with wild yeast in concrete,…

Ochoa, Alma de Finca El Secadero, Navarra, Spain, 2014
This is sisters Adriana and Beatriz Ochoa’s tribute to their mother, the soul (‘alma’) of the winery. A single-vineyard Tempranillo that previously went into the…

Quinta do Crasto, Tinta Roriz, Douro Valley, Portugal, 2017
A deep, dark and profound Tinta Roriz, reflecting the sun and the sun-baked schist Douro soils, and polished by time in new French oak. Iberian…

Majestic, Definition Viña Majestica Reserva, Rioja, 2013
The star of Majestic’s own-brand Definition range is its Rioja. A Tempranillo blend from La Rioja Alta, it’s terrific value for a reserva. Dark cherry…

Zuccardi, Q Tempranillo, Mendoza, Argentina, 2013
The first vintage was 1997 and it was the first wine to carry the Zuccardi name on the label. Grown at 700m on the typical…
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