The Rioja Collection - 12 Bottles
This is our Best Ever collection of Rioja wines. We import more Rioja wines directly from vineyards across this exceptional region than ever before and here you will find our favourites. These are not wines you will find easily elsewhere, but they are wines that we have imported because each of them delivers way above their stations on price and quality. We have speckled this case with Reservas, Crianza’s and modern non classified age statement Rioja wines who are more dependent on the quality of the winemaker and the fruit than the time the wine has remained in bottle before you get it in your hands. The results are astounding – Take a peek at our Best Ever Rioja Collection – Check out the medals, awards and critic reviews this lot of wines has won and strap in, because this case will take you across the 100 kilometre region of Rioja in just 12 bottles. Delight yourself and enjoy them all. They are our favourite wines.
Abtole Rioja Reserva
Autol, Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
Abtole was the original name of the old Rioja town of Autol, and is home to Bodegas Marques de Reinosa, who makes this excellent generous Rioja loaded with plenty of fruit and toasty vanillin characters from the 24 months aging in French and American oak.
Totally opaque black dark red colour with a dark red hue. Prominent liquorice top notes show excellent intensity out of the glass with ripe blackberry, vanillin oak, earthy mocha and spice scents ensuing. Medium to full in body with a plush feel, the palate is generously endowed with rich liquorice, black raspberry and toasty vanillin oak flavours. Mocha, earth and spice characters also chime in. Ripe polished tannins have a sturdy underbelly. Concludes long and opulent yet also slightly chewy.
Cecios Reserva
Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
Top quality Rioja Crianza from this well respected family estate. A deep picota cherry red colour with a garnet edge, this wine is clean and bright. It is complex on the nose, with aromas of cherry and raspberry standing out, complemented by herbal notes – rosemary and thyme – and hints of cinnamon and tobacco. Very fresh and tantalizing
on the palate, this wine displays a plethora of flavours, the most prominent of which are those associated with cake making such as vanilla and chocolate. This is a full-bodied, pleasurable wine with a very long finish.
Bodegas Navajas Reserva
Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
You may not have heard of the Navajas Family. They own a not-so-small winery in the Western side of Rioja, in a small town called Navarette. Their cellar comprises 6,000 barrels of American oak filled red wine and the smell is intoxicating when you wander underneath the unassuming cellar. If you ever take a trip there, Merche and family will welcome you with open arms. This is one of their flagship wines and it is a classic style Rioja, with a huge emphasis on preserving freshness of fruit and character of oak flavour in the wines as well. It is a remarkably good wine and has been incredibly well received in some high end restaurants in Ireland since WineOnline.ie began importing these wines in 2018. Be sure to try other wines from the Navajas Bodega if you enjoy this.
El Primero Rioja Y Mas
Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
An unashamedly contemporary style of rioja that relies not on oak or age but on quality of fruit and a subtle, nuanced approach to winemaking. The fruit is vibrant, lifted and energetic -there are hints of wood spice, wild cherry and thyme. The palate is succulent, juicy, multi-layered but vibrant and textural. Savoury elements, hints of warm spice, liquorice and dark cherry fill the mouth, leading through to a clean, satisfying finish. This is a new style of winemaking here and it relies on freshness, moving away from the traditional, so that the fruit flavours are enhanced along the way. It is also made by Co Dublin born winemaker Fergal Tynan – Fergal is a Master of Wine and is making some of the best contemporary wines out of Rioja today.
Bodegas Navajas Crianza
Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
Named by Rioja Masters Magazine as one of the ‘ Top ten Riojas of 2021” This smooth, plump Rioja wins pride of place as one of our members' favourite reds vintage after vintage. We love its combination of vanilla-infused flavour from high-quality oak ageing and vibrant red-fruit notes. It also won a Gold Medal at the Rioja Masters Drinks Business awards and it is easy to see why when you taste it. It is one of the most consistent wines imported by WineOnline.ie directly, year after year. Freshness is king here – Fresh vibrant fruit, bramble flavours, black cherry and spice, all combine to produce mouth filing explosive flavours that are rarely achieved in a wine at this price level. It sells at €15 on it’s own and we see people come back again and again and order case loads of this one all on its own!
"A light hand with the oak allows the ripe, rounded, Dark cherry fruits to shine through. A very stylish and elegant Rioja. Perfect with grilled lamb or pork chops"
John Wilson, Irish Times Wine Columnist
Voché Crianza
Rioja, Spain
2 x 75cl bottles
Voché is a high end project whereby high quality grapes from low yielding vines ae bottled in modern surroundings and the result is an extremely quality driven Crianza. They use the best wine making techniques and know have cemented the Brand as one of the Leading Riojas in the Market as a result. This wine has won a silver medal at The Decanter world Wine Awards, a Siler medal at the Contours de Mondial in Brussels and has received 90 points from the respected critics at the Guia Penin Wine Guide. With its distinctive bottle and label, Voché is a wine for those wishing to try something premium and different and it certainly delivers just that. It is a superb wine.
Total RRP: €229.00
Mixed Case Price: €185.00
Save: €44.00
*From time to time vintages/wines may become unavailable, it is rare but in this instance we will replace the wine with a similar wine of equal or greater value.
