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Wine Description
The Story
La Rioja Alta is one of the grand old Rioja houses of Haro. Founded (and still owned) by four wine growing families in 1890, this is both a bastion of traditional Rioja and a benchmark against which other wineries in the region are measured.
Long aged in bottle and American oak, and treated to regular, careful hand racking between barrels, La Rioja Alta wines are classically styled: medium bodied, slightly oxidative and full of secondary ch...
Vintage 1968
The 1968 wine vintage in Spain was a highly difficult, cold, and wet year for most of the country, leaving La Rioja with underripe, highly acidic Tempranillo grapes that resulted in thin and forgettable standard blends. However, the vintage achieved mythic status because the iconic Vega Sicilia estate in Ribera del Duero completely defied the terrible weather. Through radical vineyard sorting and meticulous barrel management, they crafted the ...