Lopez de Heredia Rioja Rosado 2000

What winery holds back their wines, even roses, and releases them over the years instead of all at once like most? López de Heredia that’s who.  One of the oldest wineries in Spain, little about López de Heredia has changed in the 125 years since its founding. The family adheres to a winemaking doctrine blueprinted in the 1880’s — to make wine only from their own vineyards, using natural yeasts, long aging in wood, and no filtration at bottling. If you haven’t tasted traditional style Rioja, – meaning no chemicals, no pesticides, no chaptalization, no machines, only hand-harvesting, only hand-racking with oak funnels, and 4 barrel-makers on staff, etc., etc. – Lopez should be at the top of your list. 

Region:  Spain/Rioja

Grapes:  Tempranillo, Grenache, Viura