Bodegas Ontanon Rioja Happy Hour Wine Tasting Wednesday, June 28th 6:pm and all the Rioja in the store on SALE!!
"With bread and wine you can walk your road"
Spanish Proverb quotes
After the success of the last few week's "Happy Hour" tastings, we have decided to carry on this casual event over the summer and this tasting is a belly up to the bar, hang out with your friends. The food is casual, this is not a sit-down dinner- a true "Happy Hour" style event mix and mingle with our "Wine Drinking People" but with GREAT wines. On Wednesday, June 28th we have a great selection of Rioja wines from Bodegas Ontanon to sample.
This tasting starts at 6pm and chef Toni will be making some appetizers to accompany the tasting wines. The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
BODEGAS ONTANON RIOJA HAPPY HOUR WINE TASTING
With Special Guest A.J. Ojeda-Pons
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
6:00 PM
2022 Bodegas Ontañón, Rioja Clarete Rosado
Price: $18.00 Sale $15.84
The Clarete displays a clean, bright, and almost transparent coral color. In nose, it expresses a pure, red fruit component laced with light floral aromas. It is light, crisp, and fresh in the mouth, with striking acidity and lifted floral aromas, balanced by delicate red fruit.
2019 BODEGAS ONTANON AKEMI VIURA RIOJA
Price: $19.50 Your Price: $17.16
It's 100% Viura with 5 months in oak, and shows intense aromas of starfruit, white peach that carry through to a creamy palate where notes of lime and spice emerge. Nicely cut, but not hard, and finishing with complex, juicy, fruit and a touch of salty minerality. Don't limit it to raw fish! This has more than enough interest to just sip or enjoy with any lighter fare.
2022 BODEGAS ONTAÑÓN RIOJA TEMPRANILLO BLANCO EDICIÓN LIMITADA
Price: $18.75 Your Price: $16.50
Intense tropical fruit aromas of pineapple and banana with hints of white flowers On the palate, this wine is balanced with good acidity, a high expression of fruit with a lengthy finish.
2019 BODEGAS ONTANON CRIANZA RIOJA
Price: $20.25 Your Price: $17.82
Bodegas Ontanon Crianza is a rich ruby hue in color, with flecks of purple. On the nose, the wine exhibits intense aromas of black fruits, spice, and balsamic vinegar. The wine is fleshy on the palate, with balanced acidity and notes of black fruit and wood.
2015 BODEGAS ONTANON RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $30.00 Your Price: $26.40
This wine is cherry red in color. The nose and palate are highly com- plex with notes of compote fruit punctuated by toasted spice notes and minerals from aging in high quality oak. The elegance found on the palate is the result of balanced acidity, astringency, and aromatic power, which contributes to a long and elegant finish.
2011 BODEGAS ONTANON RESERVA MAGNUM
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40
Reservas are produced only in vintages of exceptional quality, and the Ontañon Reserva comes from our most select vineyards on the slopes of the Sierra Yerga Mountains, just above the town of Quel in Rioja baja. The product of some of their oldest vines, Ontañon Reserva displays notes of deep, full fruit flavors but with ample acidity, minerality and earth notes drawn from the land where the fruit is grown. It has backbone, fine-laced acidity, structure and natural grape tannins that that will ensure its integrity for years to come.
2011 BODEGAS ONTAÑÓN RIOJA GRAN RESERVA
Price: $49.50 Your Price: $43.56
Gran Reservas by DOCa regulation must spend a total of five years in the winery (three in barrel and two in bottle) prior to release, and this aging lends a quality of subtle spice and integrated components of tobacco and dried fruit. The wine displays notes of soft, voluptuous dark fruit with a touch of earth and a lifted floral aroma on the nose.
2018 QUEIRÓN RIOJA VINO DE QUEL MI LUGAR
Price: $45.00 Sale Price: $39.60
Mi Lugar de Queirón springs from a selection of small Tempranillo and Grenache finquitas that slowly ascend the slopes of the Sierra de Yerga in a collection of heights, exhibitions and floors that collect the essence of tradition and the historical soul of Quel wines. The climate and soil conditions are exceptional. All the plots are small tablets with low yields, located at heights above 600 meters above sea level, grown in glass and harvested by hand. We are excited by My Place because it is like a diary, a log and a trip through several vineyards of Quel, each of them peculiar and unique: Grenache at six hundred meters and early seven hundred. Each vineyard with its soil, its orientation, its character. Mi Lugar is a wonderful Almazuela de Quel. We love this wine because it reflects the soul of our people and Queirón is Quel, Queirón is Rioja.
2011 Queirón Rioja Reserva Viñedos Familiares
Price: $52.50 Sale $46.20
The grapes with which Queirón Reserva is made are subjected to a double selection: vineyard and bunch. Then the selected grape performs a pre-fermentative maceration for 5 days. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature. Malolactic fermentation lasts up to 18 days.
This wine is aged for 24 months in barrels, 70% French oak and 30% American oak. Then it rests 36 more bottles at temperature and natural humidity of the underground of the winery.
Queirón Reserve Viñedos Familiares is a red wine of an intense cherry red color with ruby-tile tones on the edge. It has intense aromas of spicy notes, coffee and fig, with light touches of black fruits and undergrowth. It has a slight balsamic and mineral background.
Menu
Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie
Sardine and Olive Focaccia
Torta Espanola with Red Pepper Coulis
Lamb Meat Balls with Smoked Tomato Sauce
The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Rioja –The most famous Spanish Wine
The harvesting of wine in La Rioja has an ancient lineage with origins dating back to the Phoenicians and the Celtiberians. The earliest written evidence of the existence of the grape in La Rioja dates to 873, in the form of a document from the Public Notary of San Millán dealing with a donation to the San Andrés de Trepeana (Treviana) Monastery. As was the case in many Mediterranean lands in mediaeval times, monks were the main practitioners of winemaking in La Rioja and great advocates of its virtues. In the thirteenth century, Gonzalo de Berceo, clergyman of the Suso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja) and Spain's earliest known poet, mentions the wine in some of his works.
In the year 1063, the first testimony of viticulture in La Rioja appears in the "Carta de población de Longares" (Letter to the Settlers of Longares). The King of Navarra and Aragon gave the first legal recognition of Rioja wine in 1102. Vineyards occupied the usual part of rural landscapes in medieval Rioja during the High Middle Ages (10th-13th century) There are proofs of Rioja wine export towards other regions as early as the late 13th century, which testifies the beginnings of a commercial production. From the 15th century on, the Rioja Alta specialized in wine growing. In 1560, harvesters from Longares chose a symbol to represent the quality of the wines. In 1635, the mayor of Logroño prohibited the passing of carts through streets near wine cellars, in case the vibrations caused a deterioration of the quality of the wine. Several years later, in 1650, the first document to protect the quality of Rioja wines was drawn up. In 1790, at the inaugural meeting of the Real Sociedad Económica de Cosecheros de La Rioja (Royal Economic Society of Rioja Winegrowers), many initiatives as to how to construct, fix, and maintain the roads and other forms of access for transportation of wine were discussed. The Society was established to promote the cultivation and commercialisation of Rioja wines and 52 Rioja localities participated.
In 1852, Luciano Murrieta created the first fine wine of the Duque de la Victoria area, having learned the process in Bordeaux. In 1892, the Viticulture and Enology Station of Haro was founded for quality-control purposes. In 1902, a Royal Decree determining the origin of Rioja wines is promulgated. The Consejo Regulador (Regulating Council) was created in 1926 with the objective of limiting the zones of production, expanding the warranty of the wine and controlling the use of the name "Rioja". This Council became legally structured in 1945 and was finally inaugurated in 1953. In 1970 the Regulations for Denominación de Origen were approved as well as Regulations for the Regulating Council. In 1991, the prestigious "Calificada" (Qualified) nomination was awarded to La Rioja, making it Spain's first Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa).
Limits of the Rioja D.O.C.
In 2008, the Regulatory Council for the La Rioja Denomination of Origin created a new logo to go on all bottles of wine produced under this designation. From now on bottles of wine from the La Rioja Qualified Denomination of Origin will no longer bear the familiar logo. In an attempt to appeal to younger wine-lovers, the long-standing logo will now be replaced with a brighter, more modern logo with cleaner lines. The aim is to reflect the new, modern aspects of wine-growing in La Rioja without detracting from the traditional wines. In theory, the new logo represents a Tempranillo vine symbolising "heritage, creativity and dynamism". Consumers should start seeing the labels in October 2008. The Joven from 2008, Crianza from 2006, Reserva from 2005, and Gran Reserva from 2003 being released this year should bear the new label, in theory.
Located south of the Cantabrian Mountains along the Ebro river, La Rioja benefits from a continental climate. The mountains help to isolate the region which has a moderating effect on the climate. They also protect the vineyards from the fierce winds that are typical of northern Spain. The region is also home to the Oja river (Rio Oja), believed to have given the region its name. Most of the region is situated on a plateau, a little more than 1,500 feet (460 m) above sea level. The area is subdivided into three regions - Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Alta and Rioja Baja. La Rioja Alavesa and la Rioja Alta, located closer to the mountains, are at slightly higher elevations and have a cooler climate. La Rioja Baja to the southeast is drier and warmer. Annual rainfall in the region ranges from 12 inches (300 mm) in parts of Baja to more than 20 inches (510 mm) in La Rioja Alta and Alavesa. Many of Rioja's vineyards are found along the Ebro valley between the towns of Haro and Alfaro.
Wine regions
A wine from the Rioja Alavesa region.
The three principal regions of La Rioja are Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Alta and Rioja Baja with each area producing its own unique expression of Rioja wine. Most of the territory subjected to the Rioja Protected designation of origin is in the La Rioja region, even though their limits do not coincide exactly. There is a narrow strip in the left bank of the Ebro river lying in the southernmost part of Álava included in the La Rioja wine region, whereas the south-southwestern part of the La Rioja region is not a part of this Protected designation of origin.
Rioja Alta
Located on the western edge of the region and at higher elevations than the other areas, the Rioja Alta is known more for its "old world" style of wine. A higher elevation equates to a shorter growing season, which in turn produces brighter fruit flavors and a wine that is lighter on the palate.
Rioja Alavesa
Despite sharing a similar climate as the Alta region, the Rioja Alavesa produces wines with a fuller body and higher acidity. Vineyards in the area have a low vine density with large spacing between rows. This is due to the relatively poor conditions of the soil with the vines needing more distance from each other and less competition for the nutrients in the surrounding soil.
Rioja Baja
Unlike the more continental climate of the Alta and Alavesa, the Rioja Baja is strongly influenced by a Mediterranean climate which makes this area the warmest and driest of the Rioja. In the summer months, drought can be a significant viticultural hazard, though since the late 1990s irrigation has been permitted. Temperatures in the summer typically reach 35 °C (95 °F). A number of the vineyards are actually located in nearby Navarra but the wine produced from those grapes belongs to the Rioja appellation. Unlike the typically pale Rioja wine, Baja wines are very deeply coloured and can be highly alcoholic with some wines at 18% alcohol by volume. They typically do not have much acidity or aroma and are generally used as blending components with wines from other parts of the Rioja.
All The Rioja in the store on SALE!!
1970 FEDERICO PATERNINA GRAN RESERVA RIOJA DOC SPAIN
Price: $150.00 Sale Price: $125.00 Quantity in Stock: 11
1975 R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA VINA TONDONIA RESERVA RIOJA DOCA, SPAIN
List Price: $195.00 Sale Price: $155.00 Quantity in Stock: 7
1991 MUGA RIOJA GRAN RISERVA PRADO ENEA
Price: $295.00 Sale Price: $245.00 Quantity in Stock: 10
1996 BODEGAS MONTECILLO GRAN RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $59.00 Your Price: $51.92 Quantity in Stock: 2
2001 ARTADI GRANDES ANADAS RIOJA
Price: $365.00 Sale Price: $305.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
2004 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
Price: $124.50 Your Price: $109.56 Quantity in Stock: 20
2005 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
Price: $124.50 Your Price: $109.56 Quantity in Stock: 23
2006 MUGA RIOJA PRADO ENEA GRAN RISERVA
Price: $120.00 Your Price: $105.60 Quantity in Stock: 4
2007 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
Price: $124.50 Your Price: $109.56 Quantity in Stock: 8
2007 VINEDOS DE PAGANOS EL PUNTIDO RIOJA GRAN RESERVA
Price: $65.00 Your Price: $57.20 Quantity in Stock: 11
2008 LOPEZ DE HEREDIA VINA TONDONIA RIOJA RESERVA MAGNUM (1.5 L)
Price: $120.00 Your Price: $105.60 Quantity in Stock: 4
2008 BODEGAS HEREDAD DE ADUNA 'ADUNA' RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $29.00 Your Price: $25.52 Quantity in Stock: 1
2009 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
Price: $90.00 Your Price: $79.20 Quantity in Stock: 8
2010 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
List Price: $90.00 Your Price: $79.20 Quantity in Stock: 5
2010 MONTECILLO 22 BARRICAS RIOJA GRAN RESERVA
Price: $50.75 Your Price: $44.66 Quantity in Stock: 1
2011 BODEGAS MUGA TORRE MUGA, RIOJA DOCA, SPAIN
Price: $170.00 Your Price: $149.60 Quantity in Stock: 3
2011 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I
Price: $90.00 Your Price: $79.20 Quantity in Stock: 16
2011 BODEGA CONTADOR BENJAMIN ROMEO CONTADOR RIOJA
Price: $395.00 Your Price: $347.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
2012 MARQUES DE RISCAL RIOJA FRANK GEHRY SELECTION
Price: $534.00 Your Price: $469.9 Quantity in Stock: 5
2012 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA RODA I MAGNUM
Price: $238.00 Your Price: $209.44 Quantity in Stock: 2
2014 FAUSTINO V RIOJA RESERVA
Price: $22.25 Your Price: $19.58 Quantity in Stock: 5
2014 BODEGAS FERNANDO REMIREZ DE GANUZA RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $89.00 Your Price: $78.32 Quantity in Stock: 11
2014 MARQUES DE RISCAL ARIENZO RIOJA
Price: $12.50 Your Price: $11.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
2015 MARQUES DE RISCAL RIOJA RESERVA
Price: $20.75 Your Price: $18.26 Quantity in Stock: 1
2015 MARQUES DE RISCAL FINCA TORREA RIOJA
Price: $28.75 Your Price: $25.30 Quantity in Stock: 1
2015 ALVARO PALACIOS QUINON DE VALMIRA RIOJA
Price: $465.00 Your Price: $409.20 Quantity in Stock: 1
2016 MARQUES DE RISCAL BARON DE CHIREL RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $78.75 Your Price: $69.30 Quantity in Stock: 2
2016 BODEGAS FERNANDO REMIREZ DE GANUZA FINCAS DE GANUZA RIOJA RESERVA
Price: $52.50 Your Price: $46.20 Quantity in Stock: 2
2016 BODEGAS RIOJANAS VINA ALBINA CRIANZA RIOJA
Price: $15.50 Your Price: $13.64 Quantity in Stock: 19
2017 ARTADI VINAS DE GAIN BLANCO
Price: $26.25 Your Price: $23.10 Quantity in Stock: 4
2017 RODA RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $54.00 Your Price: $47.52 Quantity in Stock: 5
2017 BODEGAS RODA RODA I RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $85.25 Your Price: $75.02 Quantity in Stock: 19
2018 ORBEN RIOJA MALPUESTO
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40 Quantity in Stock: 17
2018 BODEGAS RODA RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $55.00 Your Price: $48.40 Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 BODEGAS RODA SELA RIOJA
Price: $28.50 Your Price: $25.08 Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 CVNE CUNE MONOPOLE RIOJA BLANCO
Price: $18.25 Your Price: $16.06 Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 QUEIRÓN RIOJA VINO DE QUEL MI LUGAR
Price: $45.00 Sale Price: $39.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
2018 BODEGAS BENJAMIN DE ROTHSCHILD VEGA SICILIA MACAN CLASICO RIOJA
Price: $62.00 Your Price: $54.56 Quantity in Stock: 1
2018 CONTINO RESERVA RIOJA
Price: $50.50 Your Price: $44.44 Quantity in Stock: 9
2018 ARTADI QUINTANILLA ALVALA
Price: $84.00 Your Price: $73.92 Quantity in Stock: 6
2019 ARTADI QUINTANILLA ALVALA
Price: $84.00 Your Price: $73.92 Quantity in Stock: 5
2019 ARTADI VALDEGINES
Price: $63.00 Your Price: $55.44 Quantity in Stock: 3
2019 ARTADI SAN LAZARO
Price: $129.00 Your Price: $113.52 Quantity in Stock: 5
2019 ARTADI ALAVA EL CARRETIL
Price: $246.00 Your Price: $216.48 Quantity in Stock: 3
2019 ARTADI LA POZA DE BALLESTEROS
Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00 Quantity in Stock: 17
2019 ARTADI VINAS DE GAIN RIOJA
Price: $23.25 Your Price: $20.46 Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 ARTADI VINA EL PISON ALAVA
Price: $408.00 Your Price: $359.04 Quantity in Stock: 4
2021 MARQUES DE RISCAL ROSE RIOJA SPAIN
Price: $11.25 Your Price: $9.90 Quantity in Stock: 24
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