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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 1999
The 1999 Spanish wine harvest stands as a classically structured, fresh, and highly elegant vintage across Rioja and Ribera del Duero, characterized by a cool spring that moderated yields, a warm summer, and localized September rains that rewarded estates practicing meticulous vineyard sorting. Tempranillo and Garnacha achieved beautiful phenolic maturity alongside bright natural acidity, allowing top historic bodegas—including Vega Sicilia (Ú...