Rioja, Simply Elegant

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Rioja

Simply‌ Elegant


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Rioja

Simply… Elegant

Rioja wines, renowned throughout the entire territory, combine ancient tradition, soil and varieties with unique characteristics with new technologies to provide a quality product that awakens all the senses. The Rioja Designation of Origin is Spain’s oldest (it has ensured the highest quality of its wines since 1926) and the only one defined as “Controlled”, a feature that provides Rioja wines with the maximum excellence. We invite you to get to know a selection of wineries from La Rioja: centuries-old ones, modern ones, family-run ones ... with which you will be able to verify that the Rioja name is a guarantee of enjoyment.

Tempranillo It is considered the native grape of Rioja. Iti s the most widely grown in the region- 75% of the acreage planted- and it is the basic variety to all the red wines in the region. Tempranillo is one of the world´s noble varieties and it lends it self to be organically grown, producing wines for long keep, well balanced in its alcoholic content, color and acidity. It develops an honest, soft and fruity palate, which turn velvety when aged.


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LA RIOJA


Types of wine Depending on the ageing process, Rioja wine can be put into one of four categories, indentified by differente numbered back labels or seals ,wchich the Control Board issues to those wines that meet quality and tipicity requierements: • Young wines: wines in their first or second year, which keep their primary freshness and fruitness. • Crianza Wines: Wines which are at least in their third year, having spent a minimum of one year in casks and a few months in a bottle. For white wines, the minimum cask ageing period is 6 months. • Reserva Wines: Selected wines of the best vintages with an excellent potential that have been aged for a minimum of 3 years , with at least one year in casks. For wihite wines the minimum ageing period is 2 years, with at least 6 months in casks. • Gran Reserva wines: Selected wines from exceptional vintages which have spent at least 2 years in oak casks and 3 years in bottle. For white wines, the minimum ageing period is 4 years, with at least one year in casks.

VINTAGES Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Rating E MB B MB B B E B

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

E - Excellent MB - Very Good B - Good N - Satisfactory M - Average

Price Ex Winery A

2.00 - 3.99 €

C

6.00 - 7.99 €

B

4.00 - 5.99 €

D

> 8€

Rating B E E MB MB MB MB E



List of Wineries

Bodegas Corral

Bodegas del Medievo

Bodegas Paco García

Bodegas Leza García

Bodegas Martínez Lacuesta

Bodegas Ontañón

Bodegas Patrocinio

Bodegas Perica

Bodegas Ramírez de la Piscina

Bodegas Riojanas

Bodegas Saenz de Santamaría

Bodegas Santalba

Bodegas Sendero Royal

Bodegas Sonsierra

Bodegas Tobía

Bodegas Vallemayor

Bodegas Valsacro

Bodegas y Viñedos Alvar

Bodegas y Viñedos Marqués de Tomares

Finca Valdeguinea

Ramón de Ayala Lete e Hijos

Bodegas Quiroga de Pablo

Las Cepas

Marqués de Vargas

Pastor Díaz

Sooc Coop San Esteban Protomartir

Tobelos, Bodegas y Viñedos

Vintae

Viña Ijalba

Viñedos de Aldeanueva

Viñedos Ruiz Jiménez

Bodegas y Viñedos Ávarez Alfaro

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Contact Information Address: Ctra. de Logroño, Km. 10, 26370 Navarrete, La Rioja, Spain Phone: +34 941 440 193 Fax: +34 941 440 195 Email: info@donjacobo.es Contact person: Francisco Javier Martinez Blanco Web: www.donjacobo.es

Bodegas Corral was founded in 1898 and has remained family-controlled ever since, dedicated to the limited production of fine Rioja wines of exceptional high quality.

DON JACOBO WHITE Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Viura Wine making process: A slow fermentation of the grapes in stainless steel tanks for 20 days at 14ºC and later cold maceration in its fine lees results in a fresh, fruity and beautifully balanced wine, suitable for vegetarians. Production: 35,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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DON JACOBO ROSÉ Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Rosé Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 50% Tempranillo - 40% Garnacha – 10% Mazuelo Wine making process: A slow fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 15 – 20 days at 16ºC and later cold maceration in its fine lees,wgives us a very soft, fresh, fruity, elegant and very well-balanced wine, suitable for vegetarians. Production: 25,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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DON JACOBO RED CRIANZA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo - 10% Garnacha - 5% Mazuelo and Graciano Wine making process: After maturation in oak barrels for 14 months and in bottle for 6 months, it reaches an attractive colour, delicate flavour and velvety texture. Production: 300,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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DON JACOBO RED RESERVA Vintage: 2004 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo - 10% Garnacha-Mazuelo Wine making process: Developed harmoniously during slow maturation in oak barrels for 14 months and in bottle for more than 12 months until it attains a great fineness and warm colour, with a soft taste, characteristics that are an expression of its seductive bouquet. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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DON JACOBO RED GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 1995 Kind of wine: Red Gran Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo - 15% Garnacha Wine making process: A careful selection and the traditional production of the best red grapes from our vineyards obtain, after having remained in oak barrels for 24 months and in bottle for more than three years, a deep red colour with a subtle taste and harmonious, elegant flavour. Production: 7,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Circunvalacion San Roque s/n 26559 Aldeanueva de Ebro - La Rioja Phone: +34 941 163 141 Fax: +34 941 144 204 Email: exportacion@bodegasdelmedievo.com Contact person: Joseba Almaraz Moro Web: www.bodegasdelmedievo.com

We own 150 hectares of vineyards which include the main varieties. We are equipped with the most advanced techniques and we own 2,500 barrels. Our aim is to produce high quality wines with a modern wine-making style. We produce young, crianza, reserva and gran reserva wines.

MEDIEVO SELECCION ESPECIAL Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Young Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: This young wine is produced with destemmed grapes using a traditional method. Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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MEDIEVO CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha, 5% Mazuelo, 5% Graciano. Wine making process: Medievo Crianza is aged fo 14 months in American and French oak and it remains for one year in the bottle. Production: 250,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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TUERCEBOTAS CRIANZA Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: This wine is aged for 12 months in new French oak and it remains in the bottle for 10 months. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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MEDIEVO RESERVA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Reserva Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 10%Garnacha, 5% Mazuelo, 5% Graciano Wine making process: This wine is sourced from a single plot called Las Planas planted at an altitude of over 650 feet. The wine is aged for 10 months in new American oak followed by 14 months in seasoned oak and it remains for one year in the bottle. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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MEDIEVO GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Vintage Rating: Very good Kind of wine: Gran Reserva Grape Variety: 94% Tempranillo, 6% Garnacha Wine making process: Medievo Gran Reserva was made with manually harvested grapes from vines over 50 years old grown in high altitude vineyards.The wine was aged for 29 months in American and French oak followed by 31 months in the bottle. Production: 7,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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Contact Information Address: Carretera Ventas Blancas s/n 26143 Murillo de Rio Leza, La Rioja, Spain Phone: +34 941 432 372 Fax: +34 941 432 156 Email: export@bodegaspacogarcia.com Contact person: Ana Fernández Bengoa Web: www.bodegaspacogarcia.com

This family winery (father, mother and son) was set up in 2001. We own 40 hectares of vineyards. With a medium size, we produce high quality wines with good value for money. Classic and modern wines image.

PACO GARCÍA SEIS Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Red semi-crianza Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Micro-oxygenation. Aged for six months in two-year-old French barrels. Production: 30,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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PACO GARCÍA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo + 10% Garnacha Wine making process: Refined for twelve months in French oak barrels and matured in bottle until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 30,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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BEAUTIFUL THINGS DE PACO GARCÍA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Signature Red Wine. Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo + 10% Graciano Wine making process: The best grapes from our own vineyards. 16 months in French new oak. Then rounded in its Bourgogne bottle. “Tempranillos al mundo 2011” Gold medal! Production: 3,500 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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HEREDAD GARBLO CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo + 10% Mazuelo + 5% Graciano Wine making process: 12 months in 70% French and 30% American oak. Production: 75,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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HEREDAD GARBLO RESERVA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo + 10% Mazuelo + 5% Graciano Wine making process: 26 months in 70% French and 30% American oak, plus two years rounding in bottle. Perfectly balanced. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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Contact Information Address: San Ignacio, 26. 26313 Uruñuela (La Rioja) Spain Phone: +34 941 371 142 Fax: +34 941 371 035 Email: bodegasleza@bodegasleza.com Contact person: Fernando Leza García Web: www.bodegasleza.com

Bodegas Leza García is a family company which produces, grows and trades wine from our own vineyards. Our Winery belongs to a long-standing wine-making traditional area called Rioja Alta, where wines are famous for their quality. The Leza García Family has been dedicated to the winegrowing art for generations with the only aim to grow quality wines and satisfy the palates of good wine lovers.

VALDEPALACIOS VENDIMIA SELECCIONADA Kind of wine: Selected Harvest Red Vintage: 2009 Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha Wine making process: Selected Grapes, traditional methods combined with modern oenology techniques. It has matured in new American oak barrels for 4 months. This wine has an extraordinary colour, a great and structured body, correct acidity balance. Warm wrapping in the mouth thanks to its great tannic character. Production: 65,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ARDERIUS Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage: 2008 Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha Wine making process: Aged for 12 months in American and French oak barrels, and 6 months in bottle to complete its aging. It is a wine with hues of good wood, where oak and fruit mix together and complement each other in the bottle. Cherry-red in colour with ruby-red tones, well covered. Production: 120,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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FAMILIA LEZA GARCÍA RED Kind of wine: Owner´s Own Red Vintage: 2007 Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Selected grapes from our oldest vineyards and macerated in small tanks. Refined in new American oak barrels for seven months and matured in bottle until it attains its fineness and personality. Impressive violet coloured layer with thick glycerine tear. Its complex aromas are enjoyed in the nose. It is tannic and very tasty in the mouth with hues of good wood. Elegant and serious. Production: 25,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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LEZA GARCÍA RESERVA Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage: 2005 Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Red Garnacha Wine making process: It has remained in American and French oak barrels for at least 24 months and then has continued its aging process in bottle for at least 12 months. Intense red colour and well covered. It is complex, rich and elegant in the nose, with high aromas. With well assimilated age, it is ample, tannic and very tasty in the mouth. Ripe fruit flavour. Production: 80,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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LG BY LEZA GARCÍA Kind of wine: High Expresion Red Vintage Rating: 2008 Kind of wine: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Its maceration and fermentation is done at an average temperature of 28ºC for a period of 12 days. Once the malolactic fermentation has finished, it will complete its refinement process in new French and American oak barrels for 5 months. The bottles of this extremely limited production wine have been numbered in order to protect their authenticity. Production: 9,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Paraje de Ubieta s/n. 26200 Haro – La Rioja Phone: +34 941 310 055, +34 941 203 995 Export Department Fax: +34 941 303 748 Email: bodega@martinezlacuesta.com; marta@riojataste.com Contact person: Marta Martín - Export Manager Web: www.martinezlacuesta.com

Founded in 1895, it remains a family-owned and operated quality winery. Annual production about one million two hundred thousand bottles. The wines range from reds, Young wines, Crianzas, Reservas and Gran Reservas, to white wines, roses and a unique recipe of Vermouth too. The winery owns 60 hectares of vineyards.

COSECHA TINTO MARTÍNEZ LACUESTA Kind of wine: Young red Vintage Rating: 2010, excellent Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo Wine making process: This wine is produced by traditional systems, using destemmed grapes. Long maceration period to extract the colour. Matured in new American oak barrels for 5 months. Production: 250,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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BLANCO MARTÍNEZ LACUESTA Vintage Rating: 2011, not yet rated Kind of wine: Young white Grape Variety: 100% Viura Wine making process: This wine is produced by traditional systems, using destemmed grapes. These grapes are pressed before fermentation, so that the must ferments without any contact with the husks and pips, at a controlled temperature of 20ºC. Production: 45,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ROSADO MARTÍNEZ LACUESTA Vintage Rating: 2011, not yet rated Kind of wine: Young rosé Grape Variety: 100% Garnacha Wine making process: This wine is produced by traditional systems, using destemmed grapes. Short maceration to extract the minimum colour, reminding of onion skin. Production: 12,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: A

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MARTINEZ LACUESTA CRIANZA Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: 2008, Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo Wine making process: Aged in new American oak casks for a period of 18 months, rounded off with 6 more months in the bottle. Production: 500,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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VERMUT RESERVA Kind of wine: Aromatized white wine Production: 30,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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Contact Information Address Spain: Avenida de Aragon n3, 26003 Logrono Address USA: 2020 61st Street, Seattle WA 98107 Phone: 206-849-6217 Email: Laine@ontanon.es Contact person: Laine Boswell Web: www.ontanon.es

Bodegas Ontañon is a multi-generation, family-owned winery located in Rioja Baja. Our 250 hectares (~620 acres) of vineyard land sit high in the Sierra Yerga Mountains outside of the township of Quel, which has been one of Rioja’s outstanding winemaking centers for three centuries. We take great pride in maintaining these vineyards in as sustainable manner as possible, as it is our land that sustains the family heritage and tradition in wine. Our motto is: “Passion for vines, passion for wine and passion for art.”

VETIVER Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: White Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Viura Wine making process: Aged for nearly 5 months in oak + 6 months in bottle prior to release. Production: 40,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ONTAÑÓN CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha Wine making process: Aged for 12 months in oak barrel + 12 months in bottle prior to release. Production: 400,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ONTAÑÓN ECOLÓGICO Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Aged for 5 months in oak barrel + 12 months in bottle prior to release. Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ARTESO Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 75% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha, 15% Graciano Wine making process: Aged for 12 months in oak barrel + 12 months in bottle prior to release. Production: 17,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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ONTAÑÓN RESERVA Vintage: 2004 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano Wine making process: Aged for 24 months in oak barrel (French and American) and 12 months in bottle prior to release. Production: 30,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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Contact Information Address: Ctra de cenicero s/n. 26313 Uru単uela Phone: +34 941 371 319 Fax: +34 941 371 435 Email: sbalukov@bodegaspatrocinio.com Contact person: Sergio Balukov (Export Manager) Web: www.bodegaspatrocinio.com

A cooperative winery founded in 1986, owning 600 hectares of vineyard. It is located in La Rioja Alta, in the town of Urunuela. Its philosophy is to create quality wines and has developed two differentiated wine ranges: Classic Rioja and modern Rioja under the brand Zinio.

ZINIO GARNACHA Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Grape Variety: 100% Garnacha Wine making process: The wine has been made with the traditional Rioja method, first cold pre-fermented and then macerating the must with grape skins at a controlled temperature; alcoholic fermentation finishes in seven days and later the malolactic fermentation concludes the process. Price Ex Winery: A

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ZINIO SEMICRIANZA Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Semicrianza Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano Wine making process: Each variety is worked separately. Following a special protocol of elaboration and aging. For Tempranillo the method of elaboration is the traditional Rioja method. Destemming and crushing the grapes, which then undergo cold prefermentation and maceration of the must with the skins. The temperature-controlled fermentation lasts seven days. We blend both varieties and keep 40% of it in American oak barrels for six months and vat the rest of the wine in stainless steel tanks until the final blending process. The wine is later bottled and after 3 months of rounding in the bottle, it is ready for consumption. Price Ex Winery: A

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ZINIO RESERVA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Reserva Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: The grapes used for this wine are preselected during the harvest and then go through another selection process in the cellar. They go through old prefermentation and maceration of the must with the skins at a controlled temperature, a traditional production method in Rioja; finishing the alcoholic fermentation in 10 days. Afterwards, a postfermentative maceration is carried out followed by malolactic fermentation either in tanks or in French oak barrels thus reaching the end of this process and starting aging. We keep the wine in French oak barrels for 18 months and 2 years in bottle. Price Ex Winery: D

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LAGRIMAS DE MARIA JOVEN Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Young Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Using traditional Rioja vinification method, we obtained a wine with an intense colour and outstandingly fruity aromas, extremely well-balanced in the mouth. Price Ex Winery: A

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LAGRIMAS DE MARIA WHITE Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Grape Variety: 100% Viura Wine making process: Made from Viura grapes, harvested at the moment of optimum balance of ripeness and acidity. Clearing of the must at low temperatures and controlled fermentation at 18ยบC. Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Avda. De La Rioja, 59. 26340 San Asensio Phone: +34 941 457 152 Fax: +34 941 457 240 Email: info@bodegasperica.com Contact person: Lourdes HervĂ­as Web: www.bodegasperica.com

A family Winery since 1912, it elaborates wines from its own vineyards located in the best areas of Rioja.

PERICA ORO – RESERVA ESPECIAL Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Special Reserva Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 95% tempranillo, 5% graciano Wine making process: Manual harvest in crates from our oldest vineyards. Grapes sorted in our premises through conveyor belts and other advanced grape selection technology. Alcoholic fermentation in 6,500-liter French oak vats and malolactic fermentation, in new allier French oak barrels. Aged for 28 months in new 225-liter allier French oak barrels and bottle-aged for at least 18 months before being sent out into the market. Production: 13,754 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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OLAGOSA RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red reserva Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 90% tempranillo, 5% garnacha, 5% mazuelo Wine making process: Manual harvest in ten-kilo crates. Aged in Bordeaux style, 225-liter barrels, for 28 months combining both new 225-liter French oak barrels with similar oak barrels from Eastern Europe. Bottle-aged for at least 18 months before being sent out into the market. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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OLAGOSA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 90% tempranillo, 5% garnacha, 5% mazuelo Wine making process: The alcoholic fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats and the malolactic fermentation, in French oak barrels. Aged in Bourdeaux-style, 225-liter American and Eastern European oak barrels for 18 months. Bottle-aged for at least 6 months before being sent out into the market. Production: 400,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: B

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6 CEPAS 6 Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Young red wine but with oak barrel Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% tempranillo Wine making process: The crates with the grapes arrive at our premises where a further double selection process takes place, the first one automatic and the second one manual, from which the best grapes are obtained. These will ferment in our French oak vats. The aging process takes place in new French oak barrels for a period of 6 months. Production: 13,000 botlles Price Ex Winery: C

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MI VILLA TINTO Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Young red wine Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 85% tempranillo, 15% red garnacha Wine making process: Wine made through a carbonic maceration process, also known as “whole bunch fermentation� in 1,800-liter, conic-shaped, temperature-controlled, stainless steel vats. Production: 265,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Ctra Vitoria- Laguardia s/n 26338-San Vicente de la Sonsierra (La Rioja) España Phone: +34 941 334 505 Fax: +34 941 334 506 Email: info@ramirezdelapiscina.com Contact person: Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina Web: www.ramirezdelapiscina.com

Ramirez de la Piscina makes great white, rose and red Rioja wines. All grapes are picked and selected by hand before the winemaking process.Young red wines are made by Carbonic Maceration Process, while the aged wines Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are made by de-stemer process, both with Tempranillo grapes (100%)

RAMÍREZ DE LA PISCINA Rosado Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Rosé Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: 50% Garnacha, 50% Viura Wine making process: Only fermentation of grapes and wine. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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RAMÍREZ DE LA PISCINA SELECCIÓN Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Refined in new American oak barrels for 12 months and matured in bottle for 12 months Production: 8,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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RAMÍREZ DE LA PISCINA RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo. Wine making process: Refined in American oak barrels for 16 months and matured in bottle for 20 months Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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RAMÍREZ DE LA PISCINA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Refined in American oak barrels for 14 months. Production: 250,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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RAMÍREZ DE LA PISCINA COSECHA Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Grape Variety: 50% Viura, 50% Tempranillo Wine making process: Only fermentation of grapes and wine. Production: 15,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Estación nº 1- 21. 26530 Cenicero, La Rioja - Spain Phone: +34 941 454 050 / US Phone: +1 201 401 5636 Fax: +34 941 454 529 Email: sara.agos@bodegasriojanas.com Contact person: Sara Agós, US Brand Manager Web: www.bodegasriojanas.com

BODEGAS RIOJANAS was founded in 1890 in the town of Cenicero by the Artacho family, who possessed a long-standing tradition and a large number of vineyards in the region. The winery is specialized in the production of high quality wines, estate bottled Reserva and Gran Reserva wines from Rioja Alta. Monte Real and Viña Albina are in fact one of the most classic brands among top Spanish wines.

MONTE REAL RESERVA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo from Cenicero Wine making process: Aged for 24 to 30 months in American oak barrels, with appropriate rackings. Aged in the bottle for at least 12 months before being put on the market. Production: 300,000 bottles per year. Price Ex Winery: D

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VIÑA ALBINA RESERVA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo, 5% Graciano from Cenicero, Sonsierra and Villalba de Rioja. Wine making process: Aged for 24 to 30 months in American oak barrels, with appropriate rackings. Aged in the bottle for at least 12 months before being put on the market. Production: 450,000 bottles per year. Price Ex Winery: D

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VIÑA ALBINA “SemiSweet” White Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 90% Viura and 10% Malvasía de Rioja from Cenicero. Wine making process: The grapes are harvested late in the maturity of the grape and are, therefore, ripe and concentrated in flavours and aromas. Following skin contact maceration, the must is fermented slowly in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature. The vinification process is carefully supervised so that the wine preserves a pleasant, and well- balanced sweetness. Production: 65,000 bottles per year Price Ex Winery: A

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MONTE REAL GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 2001 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo and 5% Graciano from Cenicero. Wine making process: Aged for 24 to 30 months in American oak barrels, with the appropriate rackings. Aged in the bottle for at least 36 months before being put on the market. Production: 25,000 bottles per year Price Ex Winery: D

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MONTE REAL GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 1998 Kind of wine: Red Reseva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo and 5% Graciano from Cenicero. Wine making process: Aged for 24 to 30 months in American oak barrels, with the appropriate rackings. Aged in the bottle for at least 36 months before being put on the market. Production: 25,000 bottles per year Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Crta de Haro Km-1. 26350 Cenicero Phone: +34 941 454 008 Fax: +34 941 454 688 Email: manuel@saenzdesantamaria.com Contact person: Manuel Tato Lozano Web: www.bodegassaenzdesantamaria.com

Bodegas Sáenz de Santamaría is a family-run winery, located in Upper Rioja. We produce different types of wines, which we would like you to get to know. All our wines are produced from our own vineyards, some of which are more than 100 years old.

“RONDAN” Red Young Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Young Vintage Rating: Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 30% Garnacha Wine making process: Fermentation of de-stemmed grapes in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks undergoing the process of maceration for one month. Production: 150,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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“RONDAN” Red Crianza Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha Wine making process: 18 months in oak barrels 70% French and 30% American, and at least 12 months in bottle. Production: 450,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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“RONDAN” Red Reserva. Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo Wine making process: Minimum 18 months in oak barrels 90% French and 10% American, and minimum 18 months in bottle. Production: 27,000 numbered bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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“RONDAN 1904” Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 20% Mazuelo and Graciano Wine making process: This wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in French oak, 18 months in 100% French oak, mínimum 24 months in bottle. Production: 6,000 numbered bottles. Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Avenida de La Rioja s/n ; 26221 Gimileo .- Rioja Phone: +34 941 304 231 Fax: +34 941304 326 Email: roberto@santalba.com Contact person: Roberto Ijalba Web: www.santalba.com

SANTALBA, the name of the Winery is a fusion of the first name and surname of its owner and founder: SANTIAGO IJALBA. Honesty, the best quality grapes, experience, knowledge and passion, passed down from previous generations, allow us to offer the finest wines to our clients. Organic grape-growing, a sustainable system and the desire to hold onto the most genuine Riojan wine-making traditions are what characterize and define Bodegas SANTALBA.

VIÑA HERMOSA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza – traditional-classic style Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Temperature-controlled fermentation takes place with long periods of maceration to produce wine highly suitable for aging. ‘Crianza’ aging lasts 15 months in American oak barrels. The aging process finishes in the bottle, where the wine acquires the final refining it needs before its sale. Production: 95,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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VIÑA HERMOSA RESERVA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Reserva – traditional-classic style Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Temperature-controlled fermentation takes place with long periods of maceration and gentle pumping-over to produce wine with considerable structure, concentration and colour, making it highly suitable for aging. These lasts 18 months in American oak. The aging process continues in the bottle.The nose and flavor of this Reserva will improve in the following years. Production: 45,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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VINA HERMOSA GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 2001 Kind of wine: Red Gran Reserva – the highest category from Spanish grapes Vintage Rating: Excellent Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Temperature-controlled fermentation takes place with long periods of maceration and gentle pumping-over to produce wine with considerable structure, tannins, concentration and colour, making it highly suitable for a long period of aging. This lasts 26 months in American oak barrels. The aging process continues in the bottle. Production: 15,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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SANTALBA ORGANIC RESveraTROL Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Organic wine Generic – highest concentration of antioxidants Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: We use natural traditional grape-growing techniques, thus obtaining totally ecological grapes high in resveratrol, a natural anti-oxidant with many healthy properties. According to official laboratories, SANTALBA 2009 is the quality wine with the highest naturally occurring level of resveratrol in the world, over six times higher than most table wines. Harvesting was carried out by hand into 12 kilo crates to avoid damaging the grapes. The bunches were destemmed and given a pre-fermentation cold maceration in small tanks. Controlled-temperature alcoholic fermentation with vigorous daily pumping-over was followed by a long post-fermentation maceration with skin-contact to extract both colour and aroma. The wine was then transferred to French oak barrels for 8-month aging, racked off from barrel to barrel by gravity. Finally the wine was bottled without being filtered for its naturalness, strong character and great structure to mature in the silence and darkness of our bottle-store into a wine worthy of Bodegas SANTALBA. Production: 18,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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SANTALBA SINGLE VINEYARD Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva - Modern Rioja Style Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: A wine made with Tempranillo, with grapes from a very old single vineyard that is believed to be more than 110 years old and which produces very low yields. Grapes were picked by hand into 12 kilo plastic crates to keep them from breaking. On arrival at the winery, the bunches were destemmed and the grapes underwent a pre-fermentation cold maceration in small containers. Temperature-controlled fermentation took place with vigourous daily pumping-over, followed by a long post-fermentation maceration, with skin-contact for maximum colour and aroma extraction. Malolactic fermentation occurred in French and American oak barrels. The wine was aged in barrels for 17 months with racking carried out by hand and using gravity. Finally the wine was bottled unfiltered to preserve its great character and to allow its structure to develop in the silence and darkness of our Winery. SANTALBA is the bottled essence of La Rioja. Production: 12,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Ctra LR 384 Km 0.08. Aldeanueva de Ebro (La Rioja) Phone: +34 941 743 999 Fax: +34 941 743 031 Email: info@senderoroyal.com Contact person: Javier RodrĂ­guez Web: in process

SENDERO ROYAL. A family estate located in Rioja, managing 80 hectares of their own vineyards of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano. Modern facilities, and an international spirit. Producer of medium-high quality wines with international awards.

SENDERO ROYAL Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Cold maceration prior to fermentation. Short maceration keeping fruit and reducing tannins. Fresh, fruity, no oaked Production: 200.000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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LACRIMUS 5 Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Cold maceration, long fermentation at low temperature. Deep cherry colour. Complex, modern, full body and well balanced. Five months aging in new American oak barrels of 225 liters Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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LACRIMUS REX Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 75% Garnacha, 25% Graciano Wine making process: Cold maceration, long fermentation at low temperature, 9 months aging in French and American oak barrels of 500, 300 and 225 liters. Very nice purple colour. Complex and fruity, full body and velvety. Production: 20.000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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LACRIMUS CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo 15% Graciano Wine making process: Sorting table, cold maceration, long fermentation.14 months aging in new Hungarian and French oak barrels of 225 liters. Deep cherry-rubi colour, intense aromas of fruit and spices, full body, very well-balanced and lingering finish. Very modern style. Production: 90,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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GRACIARTE Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Deep colour, exotic aromas, full body, blackbuster. Vintage Rating:Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation in barrels, aging in American oak barrels for a minimum of 12 months. Production: 15,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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Contact Information Address: C/ El Remedio s/n. 26338 San Vicente de la Sonsierra Phone: +34 941 334 031 Fax: +34 941 334 245 Email: administracion@sonsierra.com Contact person: Marta Vicente (Export Manager) Web: www.sonsierra.com

Bodegas Sonsierra was founded in 1961. We produce quality “modern Rioja style” wines at very reasonable prices. Our wines come 100% from the fruits of our own vineyards (570 hectares) and are known in other markets for having a perfect balance between fruit and oak, as well as for being aromatically clean and very easy to drink.

SONSIERRA TINTO Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Young Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 25ºC to preserve and extract the fruity aromas to the maximum, plus maceration with the skins for about only 7 days so as not to extract too many. Production: 500,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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SONSIERRA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature and maceration with the skins for about 13 days. 12 months aging in American oak Bordeaux-type barrels and a minimum of 3 months aging in bottle. Production: 500,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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SONSIERRA CRIANZA SELECTED HARVEST Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Selected Harvest Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 10 days. Maceration with the skins for 18 days to obtain the right colour. 12 months aging in new American oak Bordeaux-type barrels and a minimum of 6 months aging in bottle. Production: 60,000 liters Price Ex Winery: B

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SONSIERRA RESERVA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation in stainless steels tanks for 10 days. Maceration with the skins for 20 days to obtain the right colour. 12 months aging in American (80%) and French (20%) oak Bordeaux-type barrels and a minimum of 24months aging in bottle. Production: 150,000 liters Price Ex Winery: B

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PERFUME DE SONSIERRA 2009 Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: High Expression Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 10 days at 26ยบC. Maceration with the skins for an extra 4 days to obtain the right colour. Malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels. 16 months aging in a selection of 30 new French oak Bordeaux-type barrels and a minimum of 8 months aging in bottle. Production: 6,000 liters Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Paraje Senda Rutia, s/n. 26214 Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón. Phone: +34 941 301 789 Fax: +34 941 328 045. Email: jmgallego@bodegastobia.com. Contact person: José Manuel Gallego. Web: www.bodegastobia.com

We have the drive and determination to pursue our passion: to produce wines in a natural and integral way which make us enjoy lIfe. We look for integrity in our land - ‘La Rioja’ - and use our creativity to make charismatic and charming wines.

ALMA TOBIA Signature Red Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Signature Red Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation took place in new, fine-grained, French oak. The wine underwent barrel aging for 24 months in the same barrels with the occasional batonage. Stabilization took place in barrel. Bottled without filtration techniques to respect the natural qualities of the wine. Production: 7,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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OSCAR TOBIA Reserva Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Reserva Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation took place in oak casks. Aged for 25 months in French and Hungarian oak and periodically agitated every 4 months. Natural stabilization in barrel. Bottled without filtration techniques to respect the natural qualities of the wine. Production: 36,000 bottles of 75 cl. and 400 bottles of 1.5 l. Price Ex Winery: C

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TOBIA SELECCION Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Crianza Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, 10% Garnacha Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation took place in oak casks. Aged for 19 months in the same French and American oak barrel. Stabilization in barrel. Production: 80,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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TOBIA GRACIANO Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Single Varietal Graciano Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: 48-hour skin maceration under a protective layer of CO2. Whole berry cold fermentation is carried out after destemming at a controlled temperature. Malolactic fermentation takes place in oak casks, followed by aging for 12 months in the same new Hungarian oak. Stabilization in barrel. Bottled without filtration techniques to respect the natural qualities of the wine. Production: 9,000 bottles of 75 cl. Price Ex Winery: B

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DAIMON TINTO Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: 6 months in barrel Grape Variety: 37% Tempranillo, 26% Garnacha, 24% Graciano, 13% Merlot Wine making process: The vinification of every grape variety was made separately. Whole destemmed grapes undergo cold maceration followed by fermentation in small open tanks at a controlled temperature. After malolactic fermentation in American and French oak, the wine underwent barrel aging for 6 months in the same barrels. Stabilization took place in barrel. Production: 30,000 bottles of 75 cl. Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Carretera LogroĂąo-Vitoria, 38. 26360 Fuenmayor, La Rioja. Phone: +34 941 450 142 Fax: +34 941 450 376 Email: vallemayor@fer.es, comercial@vallemayor.com Contact person: Rafael PĂŠrez Web: www.vallemayor.com

Bodegas Vallemayor is a family winery located in Fuenmayor, La Rioja Alta. We only elaborate high quality wines from our own 55 hectares of vineyards. In Vallemayor the traditional knowledge and the most modern technology are well-balanced in order to produce both a line of coupage wines and another of terroir wines that are the most accurate model of this land expression. We are under the protection of the Rioja Controlled Designation of Origin and subject to ISO 9001 regulations.

VALLEMAYOR CRIANZA Vintage: 2008, Very good Kind of wine: Red Crianza Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo Wine making process: Alcoholic fermentation lasted 18 days, after which the tanks were refilled for the wine to undergo post-fermentative maceration for 12 days, in order to extract from the skins the required colour and structure to achieve this great wine. Without any further processes other than natural ones, the wine was placed in barrels the following March, where it stayed for one year, with one racking after 6 months. It was bottled at least 6 months before being put on the market. Production: 300,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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VALLEMAYOR RESERVA Vintage: 2007, Very good Kind of wine: Red Reserva Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, 5% Graciano Wine making process: Same fermentation process as our Crianza. Then it stayed for two years in barrels (50% American and 50% French) with rackings every 6 months. It was bottled in December 2010 and aged in the bottle until it was put on the market. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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VALLEMAYOR GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 2005, Excellent Kind of wine: Red Gran Reserva Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, 10% Graciano Wine making process: Same fermentation process and then 30 months in oak barrels (70% French and 30% American) with rackings every 6 months. Then at least 3 years in the bottle before going to the market. Production: 30,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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VIÑA CERRADILLA (COLECCIÓN VALLEMAYOR) Vintage: 2006, Very good Kind of wine: Red terroir Crianza Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo Wine making process: The very limited production of grapes from La Cerradilla (4000 Kg/hectare) were fermented in stainless steel tanks for 16 days, with a final temperature that barely reached 31ºC. The wine was devatted cold after 15-day post-fermentative maceration. No press wine was added. This wine was aged for 18 months in new 225-litre barrels made of fine-grain French oak with medium toasting. Production: 14,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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VALLEMAYOR BLANCO Vintage: 2011, not yet rated Kind of wine: Young white Grape Variety: 95% Viura, 5% Malvasía Wine making process: Natural extraction of the white juice and controlled fermentation. Production: 50,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Ctra. De Arnedo, s/n 26587 Grávalos – La Rioja – Spain Phone: +34 941 145 105 Fax: +34 941 145 869 Email: ajbarranco@valsacro.com Contact person: Jesús Barranco Web: www.bodegasescudero.com, www.valsacro.com

4th generation family winery with 150 hectares of their own vineyards, 60 years old on average. A winery known all over the world.

ARVUM Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Signature Red Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 55% Garnacha, 30% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano & 5% Mazuelo Wine making process: 17 months in new French Allier oak. Production: 25,000 Price Ex Winery: D

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SOLAR DE BECQUER RESERVA Vintage: 2004 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Mazuelo & 10% Garnacha Wine making process: 18 months American oak. Production: 65,000 Price Ex Winery: B

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SOLAR DE BECQUER CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Mazuelo & 10% Garnacha Wine making process: 14 months American oak. Production: 90,000 Price Ex Winery: A

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HEREDAD BIENZOVAL Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red young Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Mazuelo & 10% Garnacha Wine making process: young wine and 30% aged wine. Production: 90,000 Price Ex Winery: A

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DIORO BACO BRUT Vintage: Non vintage Sparkling wine Kind of wine: Cava Grape Variety: Chardonnay & Viura Wine making process: aged for 4 years. Production: 30,000 Price Ex Winery: B

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Contact Information Address: Camino de Ventosa s/n. 26371 Ventosa Phone: +34 941 441 905 Fax: +34 941 441 917 Email: alvar@bodegasalvar.com Contact person: Alfredo Bernรกldez Web: www.bodegasalvar.com

This winery is a project created to rescue old Rioja vines and to elaborate Top Quality Signature Wines. The small bunches are harvested by hand in 15 kg crates and carefully selected on the sorting table. The superior quality of the grapes and the well judged new barrels in which wine ages, give us excellent wines.

LIVIUS TEMPRANILLO Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Aged in new oak barrels: 65% French, 15% Eastern European and 20% American for 18 months and matured in bottle. Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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LIVIUS GARNACHA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Garnacha Wine making process: Aged in new oak barrels: 65% French, 15% Eastern European and 20% American for 18 months and matured in bottle. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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LIVIUS GRACIANO Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: Aged in new oak barrels: 60% French, 15% Eastern European and 25% American for 16 months and matured in bottle. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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MILETO CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo 15% Garnacha y Mazuelo Wine making process: Aged in American and French oak barrels and later softening and rounding. Production: 150,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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MILETO EDICIĂ“N LIMITADA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine:Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano, 5% Garnacha Wine making process: Aged in oak barrels (80% French, 10% Eastern European and 10% American) for 14 months and matured in bottle. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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Contact Information Address: Ctra.de Cenicero S/N, Apdo. Correos 3 CP 26360- Fuenmayor – La Rioja Phone: +34 941 451 129 Fax: +34 941 450 297 Email: info@marquesdetomares.com Contact person: Inmaculada Tomas Web: www.marquesdetomares.com

Marques de Tomares is a family company. Three generations of the family have dedicated their lives to viticulture and the elaboration of Rioja wines. For almost 100 years, the company has stepped forward at the same time as technological developments.

LIDERATO BLANCO Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Grape Variety: 100% VIURA Wine making process: This wine has undergone fermentation at a carefully-controlled temperature, keeping it between 10º and 12º C. Production: 150,000 bottles of 0.75 liters. Price Ex Winery: A

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MARQUES DE TOMARES EXCELLENCE 3F Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Red Young Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo & 10% Graciano Wine Making progress: Maceration for 19 days with 3 daily pumping. 3 months in French oak barrels and 9 months in bottle Production: 22,500 numbered bottles of 0.75 liters, and 2,000 numbered magnum bottles of 1.5 liters. Price Ex Winery: B

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MARQUES DE TOMARES CRIANZA Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 7% Mazuelo and 3% Graciano Vintage Rating: Very Good Wine making process: Put on sale in its third year after twelve months in American and French oak casks. Racking at 6 months, and a minimum of fourteen months in the bottle. Production: 110,000 bottles 0.75 liters and 9,000 magnum bottles of 1.5 liters Price Ex Winery: C

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MARQUÉS DE TOMARES RESERVA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Grape Variety: 80% TEMPRANILLO, 15% GRACIANO & 5% MAZUELO Vintage Rating: Very Good Wine making process: American and French oak casks for two years, racking every 6 months, and another two years in the bottle. Production: 4,100 bottles of 0.75 liters, and 910 magnum bottles of 1.50 liters Price Ex Winery: D

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DOĂ‘A CARMEN Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Grape Variety: 90% Graciano and 10% Tempranillo. Vintage Rating: Very Good Wine making process: 18 months in new French oak cask, ranking every 6 months, and 24 months in bottle. Production: 12,740 bottles of 0.75 liters, 2,210 magnum bottles of 1.50 liters Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: C/ Vélez de Guevara nº51, 7ºB. 26005 Logroño Phone: +34 659 931 981 Email: fincavaldeguinea@hotmail.es Contact person: Ana Sáenz Comunión Web: www.fincavaldeguinea.km6.net

Finca Valdeguinea is the culmination of the work developed by the Saenz Comunión Family since the 19th century. Luis Juan Sáenz Comunión belongs to the third generation and he considers himself to be a winegrower, aware of the fact that his work has a goal in the elaboration of great wines. Finca Valdeguinea was born with this aim and there are several key factors that gather in order to give shape to this idea: a limited production, the location, and the vineyard.

FINCA VALDEGUINEA TINTO JOVEN 2011 Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red young Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Fermentation with the skins intact took place at 25ºC for 15 days. Fermentation in stainless steel and natural clarification. It has been bottled after a soft estabilization process to maintain its fruity characteristics. Finally it rested in the bottle until it reached perfect maturity. Production: 15,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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FINCA VALDEGUINEA TINTO CRIANZA 2008 Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha Wine making process: 12 months in American oak barrel and matured in bottle Production: 8,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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FINCA VALDEGUINEA TINTO EDICION LIMITADA 2007 Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Limited Edition Red Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Alcoholic fermentation for 10 days macerating with the skins for one month. Malolactic fermentation was carried out spontaneously. Aged in brand new Demptos French for 15 months. Natural clarification. At this moment, the wine has spent 36 months resting in the bottle. Production: 15,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: FUENTECILLA S/N. 26290 Briñas Phone: +34 941 310 575 Fax: +34 941 312 544 Email: bodegas @rayalaehijos.com Contact person: Ramón Ayala +34 635 729 591 Web: www.rayalaehijos.com

4th generation of wine producers over more than 100 years have developed this family winery located in Briñas (Rioja Alta). The family owns 30 hectares of vineyards distributed between Rioja Alta and Alavesa. Here they produce their crianzas, reservas, grandes reservas and signature wines under the Viña Saturnia and Deobriga brands.

VIÑA SANTURNIA JOVEN Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: carbonic maceration (whole bunch) in 25,000-liter stainless steel tanks. Production: 100,000 Price Ex Winery: A

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VIÑA SANTURNIA CRIANZA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Aged for 24 months in 225-liter oak barrels (80% American and 20% French). Bottled in September 2010. Production: 80,000 Price Ex Winery: B

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VIÑA SANTURNIA RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo and 5% Graciano. Wine making process: Aged for 8 months in new 225-liter oak barrels (80% American and 20% French). Bottled in August 2008. Production: 20,000 Price Ex Winery: C

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DEÓBRIGA SELECCIÓN FAMILIAR Vintage: 2005 Vintage Qualification: Excellent Kind of wine: Red Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano. Wine making process: Aged for 24 months in 225-liter oak barrels (70% American and 30% French). Bottled in September 2008. Production: 14,000 Price Ex Winery: D

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DEÓBRIGA COLECCIÓN PRIVADA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Qualification: Excellent Grape Variety: 60% Tempranillo and 40% Graciano. Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels. Stayed for 18 months in 225-liter, 100% French Allier oak barrels. Bottled in February 2010. Production: 3,600 Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Calle Antonio Pérez, nº 24. 26323, Azofra, La Rioja, Spain. Phone: +34 941379334 Fax: +34 941379334 Email: juanluis@bodegasquiroga.es Contact person: Juan Luis Quiroga Web: www.bodegasquirogadepablo.es

A 6th generation family winery located in Rioja Alta. We just elaborate wines from our own grapes and vineyards. The secret of our wines comes from the draft where we develop the wines, built many centuries ago.

HEREDAD DE JUDIMA WHITE Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White wine Grape Variety: mainly viura Wine making process: Cold maceration with natural skin for 12-24 hours, softly pressed, clarification and fermentation at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. Production: 20,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: A

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HEREDAD DE JUDIMA ROSÉ Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Rose wine Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Garnacha and Viura Wine making process: Cold maceration with natural skin followed by the traditional “clarete” method of running off the clear free-run juice. Cold fermentation of the clear must for 2-3 weeks. Production: 20,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: A

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HEREDAD DE JUDIMA TEMPRANILLO SELECTED HARVEST Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Selected Red Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: After destemming, temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats. Pumping-over daily to obtain the colour and aromas characteristic of this wine. Devatting after 7- 10 days without disturbing the wine. Production: 80,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: A

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HEREDAD DE JUDIMA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza from selected grapes. Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation in underground “calado”. Aging in 225-liter French and American oak barrels for 12 to 18 months. Stored in underground “calado” concrete tanks until bottling. Production: 20,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: B

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HEREDAD DE JUDIMA RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Reserva from selected grapes Vintage Qualification: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Malolactic fermentation in underground “calado”. Aging in 225-liter French and American oak barrels for 21 to 36 months. Stored in underground “calado” concrete tanks until bottling. Production: 6,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: c/ Irlanda nº 5-1ºB. Logroño Phone: +34 615 996878 Fax: +34 941 121 667 Email: dominiodelaertes@hotmail.com Contact person: Alberto Ramirez Perez Web: www.lascepasriojawine.com

We elaborate organic high quality wine.

CUESTA LAS PIEDRAS Vintage: 2010 Vintage Qualification: Excellent Kind of wine: Signature Red wine. 15 months in barrels. Grape Variety: 85% graciano, 15% tempranillo and garnacha Wine making process: Carefully fermented in barrels for 15 months. Production: 6,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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CINCO DENARIOS Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red semicrianza Grape Variety: 50% graciano, 25% garnacha, 25% tempranillo Wine making process: Carefully fermented in barrels. Production: 80,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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LOATUM Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red semicrianza Grape Variety: 60% graciano, 20% garnacha, 20% tempranillo Wine making process: Carefully fermented in barrels. Production: 25,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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ChEREZADE Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Grape Variety: Viura and verdejo Wine making process: Carefully fermented in barrels. Production: 5,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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DOMINIO DE LAERTES Vintage: 2011 Vintage Qualification: Very Good Kind of wine: Red Crianza Grape Variety: 80% tempranillo, 20% graciano Wine making process: Carefully fermented in barrels. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Ctra. de Zaragoza Km. 6, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja Phone: +34 941 261 401 Fax: +34 941 238 696 Email: nicole@marquesdevargas.com, barbara@marquesdevargas.com Contact person: Nicole Konings, Barbara Siblikova Web: www.marquesdevargas.com

At GV Marques de Vargas, we produce high quality wines in 3 prestigious wine regions in Spain: Marques de Vargas – Rioja Controlled D.O. – Top quality, only reserva wines, from Rioja Alta. Conde de San Cristobal –Ribera del Duero D.O. – outstanding Tempranillo wines with the personality from the area. Pazo San Mauro –Rias Baixas D.O. – a selection of white wines made from Albariño grapes.

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Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 75% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, 5% Garnacha, 10% others Wine making process: Classic with destemming, fermented in stainless steel tanks (22,500 Kg) for 11/13 days at controlled temperatures between 29-30ºC. Daily remontage and pumping over and long maceration for a period of 12 days after fermentation to ensure a voluptuous texture. Aged in French, Russian and American oak barrels for a period of 23 months. Production: 264,735 bottles (750 ml) + 5,000 Magnum bottles Price Ex Winery: C/D

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MARQUES DE VARGAS RESERVA PRIVADA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: Tempranillo 60%, Mazuelo 10%, Garnacha 10%, others 20% Wine making process: Classic with destemming, each vineyard section is fermented separately in stainless steel tanks (10,000 Kg) for 11 days at controlled temperatures at 30ºC. Daily remontage and pumping over to obtain the desired balance of fruit and tannin extraction, and 14 days skin contact after fermentation. The malolactic fermentation then takes place partly in oak barrels. Aged for 23 months in new Russian oak barrels. Production: limited – made only in very good vintages – 45,000 bottles (750 ml) + 1,500 Magnum bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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HACIENDA PRADOLAGAR Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: Tempranillo 40%, Mazuelo 10%, Garnacha 10%, others 40% Wine making process: Classic with destemming, individual vineyard sections are fermented separately in stainless steel tanks (3,000 Kg) for 15 days at controlled temperatures of 31ºC. Daily remontage and pumping over and long maceration for a period of 20 days after fermentation. Malolactic fermentation takes place partly in barrel and partly in stainless steel. The aging period starts in January for 24 months in 30 new French and Russian oak barrels. Production: very limited - made only in outstanding vintages – 9,000 bottles (750 ml) Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Avda. Gonzalo de Berceo, 91. 26559 Aldeanueva de Ebro Phone: +34 941 142 390 Fax: +34 941 142 391 Email: comercial@pastordiaz.com Contact person: Gonzalo Pastor Web: www.pastordiaz.com

The Pastor Diaz Family has been growing vines, making Rioja wine, for as long as anyone can remember. Bodegas Pastor DĂ­az have the latest winemaking and aging equipment in a winery which has been continuously extended over the years, always aiming to improve wine quality.

CASTROVIEJO TEMPRANILLO Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Red Tempranillo Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Refined in new American and French oak barrels for 6 months and matured in bottle until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 100,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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CASTROVIEJO CRIANZA Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha and 5% Graciano Wine making process: Refined in new American and French oak barrels for 18 months and matured in bottle for 12 months until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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CASTROVIEJO RESERVA Vintage: 2005 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano Wine making process: Refined in new American and French oak barrels for 24 months and matured in bottle for 24 months until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 150,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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CASTROVIEJO GRAN RESERVA Vintage: 2002 Kind of wine: Red Gran Reserva Vintage Rating: Good Grape Variety: 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo Wine making process: Refined in new American and French oak barrels for 36 months and matured in bottle for 36 months until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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CASTROVIEJO ECOLOGICO Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Red Tempranillo Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Refined in new American and French oak barrels for six months and matured in bottle until it attains its fineness and personality. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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Contact Information Address: Crta. Agoncillo S/N, 26143 Murillo de Río Leza (La Rioja) Phone: +34 660 940 331 Fax: +34 941 432 422 Email: export@bodegassanesteban.com Contact person: Ana Fernández Web: www.bodegassanesteban.com

The oldest Cooperative Winery in Rioja elaborates the prestigious, modern and captivating awarded wines from our own vineyard. The grapes are more than 100 years old and only with an exhaustive work in our terroirs, cared lands in the most exhaustive way, we get a range of unbeatable wines suited to any palate. (expecting introduction in the USA)

TIERRAS DE MURILLO Viura Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: White Grape Variety: 100% Viura Wine making process: Following the traditional winemaking procedure, we elaborate this special wine with our own viura grapes (more than 100 years old), unirrigated and manual harvested once the optimum point of maturity has been reached. Limited production with this slender type of grape, achieved thanks to daily careful work in the vineyard. Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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TIERRAS DE MURILLO Rosé Tempranillo Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Rosé Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Following a traditional method with tempranillo grapes, unirrigated , from our own terroirs, manually selected and elaborated through a bleeding process, choosing those squeezed bright and extracting the clean part of the must in order to get this internationally awarded rosé wine. Production: 100,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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TIERRAS DE MURILLO TEMPRANILLO Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100 % Tempranillo Wine making process: a well assembled bouquet of characteristic aromas of tempranillo results in a modern, fresh and fruity wine elaborated in a controlled temperature during fermentation until it reaches the maximum potential of a young red wine. Production: 100,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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CRIANZA TIERRAS DE MURILLO TEMPRANILLO Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: the oldest top tempranillo grapes from our own vineyard are manually selected and through a light overpumping process we achieve the perfect balance between ripe tannins and the maximum potential in colour. A special aging in oak barrels for 12 months takes place in this world-known and highly valued Crianza wine. Bronze Medal at the 2011 ENOEXPO European Competition. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information

TOBELOS BODEGAS VIÑEDOS, Y

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Ctra. Nacional 124. Km 45. 26290. Briñas. La Rioja. España Tel.: +34 941 305 630. Fax: +34 941 313 028 T tobelos@tobelos.com. www.tobelos.com

Address: Carretera Nacional 124, km. 45 26290 Briñas La Rioja (Spain) Phone: +34 941 305 630 Fax: +34 941 313 028 Email: tobelos@tobelos.com Contact person: Ricardo Reinoso Casado Web: www.tobelos.com

Last year, 2011, Tobelos celebrated its tenth aniversary. It is therefore a modern winery sourrounded by its own vineyards situated in Rioja Alta with a privileged location.

TOBELOS, TEMPRANILLO Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Traditional destemmed. 13 months in oak barrels and 2 years and 10 months in the bottle. Production: 140,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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TOBELOS, GARNACHA Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Garnacha Wine making process: Traditional destemmed. 12 months in barrels, 12 months in the bottle. Production: 15,000 botlles Price Ex Winery: C

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TOBELOS, BLANCO FERMENTADO EN BARRICA Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: Barrel fermented white Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 80% viura, 20% white garnacha Wine making process: Destemmed, fermented in barrels and botlled for another 6 months. Production: 12,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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TAHON Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Destemmed, elaborated in new French and American oak barrels. Production: 25,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: D

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LEUKADE Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo Wine making process: Destemmed, fermented in wooden jars, breeding in new French oak barrels. Production: 7,000 bottles. Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: C/Vara de Rey 7, 1ºD. 26003 Logroño Phone: +34 941 271 217 Fax: +34 941 272 911 Email: jdoliniec@vintae.com Contact person: Joanna Doliniec Web: www.vintae.com

Vintae is an innovative, young and dynamic company devoted to the world of wine. We currently elaborate wine in 8 different regions of Spain, ranging from the most traditional and representative to the most innovative and surprising ones.

HACIENDA LOPEZ DE HARO CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano Wine making process: Fermentation at 28ºC, maceration for 2 weeks. Aged in French and American oak barrels for 12 to 14 months. A subsequent refinement is achieved in the bottle until placed in the market with an approximate aging of 2 years between both, barrel and bottle. Production: 450,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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QP RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red reserva Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha Wine making process: Aged for 15 to 18 months in new French oak barrels. The evolution of this wine is completed with a prolonged period of aging in the bottle. Production: 50,000 liters Price Ex Winery: B

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HACIENDA LOPEZ DE HARO Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: white, 4 months in barrels Vintage Rating: not yet available Grape Variety: Viura Wine making process: fermentation in 225-liter French oak barrels for 3 months. Production: 25,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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DRY LIBALIS Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: white Vintage Rating: not yet available Grape Variety: small grain Muscat, Viura, Chardonnay Wine making process: The fruit is picked in mid-September into small crates. Grape selection inside the winery. Harvested by night. Production: 51,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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LIBALIS ROSE Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: RosĂŠ Vintage Rating: not yet available Grape Variety: small grain Muscat, Syrah Wine making process: The fruit is harvested and put into small crates. It then undergoes special selection at the winery. Harvesting is carried out at night. Production: 40,000 liters Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: Ctra. De Pamplona, Km.1. 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain Phone: +34 941 261 100 Fax: +34 941261 128 Email: vinaijalba@ijalba.com; afernandez@ijalba.com; exportbrobin@yahoo.es Contact person: Alfonso Fernández & Bernard Robin Web: www.ijalba.com

Viña Ijalba is a winery in the Rioja Controlled D.O. involved in different research projects to improve the cultivation and production of wines, and that started the elaboration of wines coming from forgotten and neglected native varieties from Rioja, like Graciano, White Maturana & Red Maturana, being the first winery in the world making single varietal wines from these, always under organic viticulture.

IJALBA CRIANZA Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano Wine making process: Destemmed elaboration, intense maceration and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. 12 months of aging in American barrels. Natural stabilization by decanting and filtration with cellulose plates. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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IJALBA - MATURANA BLANCA Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: High Expression White Grape Variety: 100% White Maturana Wine making process: Destemmed, cool pressing during 30 hours, fermentation with native yeasts with controlled temperature at 15ºC and continuous lees stirring. Production: 6,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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IJALBA GRACIANO Vintage: 2009 Kind of wine: High Expression red Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: Destemmed elaboration. Fermentation at 28ยบC, for 12 days. Aging in French new oak barrels for 12 months. Natural stabilisation by decanting and filtration with cellulose plates (with no chemicals added) Production: 45,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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IJALBA RESERVA Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo, 20% Graciano Wine making process: Destemed elaboration. Temperature of fermentation: 29 to 31ยบC, 17 days, with intense maceration. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in post-fermentation. Aging in 50% French and 50% American oak for 24 months. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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DIONISIO RUIZ IJALBA - Maturana tinta Vintage: 2010 Kind of wine: High Expression Red Vintage Rating: Excellent Grape Variety: 100% Maturana Tinta Wine making process: Fermentation at 30ยบC for 15 days in French oak large barrels. Malolactic fermentation in barrel with batonauge for 3 months. Production: 8,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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Contact Information Address: Avenida Juan Carlos I, 100. 26558 Aldeanueva de Ebro, La Rioja. Phone: +34 941 163 039 Fax: +34 941 163 585 Email: Juan@aldeanueva.com Contact person: Juan Velilla Web: www.aldeanueva.com

VINEDOS DE ALDEANUEVA is the leading Rioja wine producer, owning 2,600 hectares, which represents 6% of the whole Rioja Controlled D.O. The large range of Rioja wines elaborated includes organic wines, single-varietals, crianzas, reservas... These wines represent the essence, character & diversity of this unique region.

AZABACHE TEMPRANILLO 2011 Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Young Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: The grapes were de-stemmed and put into vats with their skins. After seven days, an aromatic, intensely coloured must was gently pressed and taken to another tank in order to finish the alcoholic fermentation. The malolactic fermentation began naturally after 10 to 15 days. The finished wine was left to rest for at least 1 month. Production: 800,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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AZABACHE CRIANZA 2008 Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha, 10% Mazuelo Wine making process: The grapes selected from old vineyards with moderate yields, de-stemmed and 15-day fermentation. The wine remains in vats until it is transferred into two-and-a-half-year-old American oak barrels for a whole 12 months. It is racked 4 times before bottled. Production: 60,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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AZABACHE RESERVA 2006 Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: 100% Graciano Wine making process: The grapes were selected from old vineyards with low yields and were carried in small containers of less that 5.500 kg. The fermentation was carried out with selected yeast at a temperature of no more than 32ºC. In order to reach the highest extraction, the maceration was carried out for at least 21 days. The malolactic fermentation began naturally after 10 to 15 days. After fermentation the wine was put into American oak barrels. It was racked 6 times, once every three/four months along 18 months. Only the very finest wines were kept and aged in the bottle to produce Reservas where they would become rounded and smooth after at least 18 months. Production: 50,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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RESERVA 2007 Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Reserva Grape Variety: 70% Tempranillo, 30% Graciano Wine making process: The grapes were selected from old vineyards with low yields and were carried in small containers of less that 5,500 kg. The fermentation was carried out with selected yeast at a temperature of no more than 32ºC. In order to reach the highest extraction, the maceration was carried out for at least 21 days. The malolactic fermentation began naturally after 10 to 15 days. After fermentation the wine was put into American oak barrels. It was racked 6 times, once every three/four months along 18 months. Only the very finest wines were kept and aged in the bottle to produce Reservas where they would become rounded and smooth after at least 18 months. Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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CULTO Vintage: 2007 Kind of wine: Signature wine Grape Variety: 60% Graciano, 40% Tempranillo Wine making process: The grapes were harvested in the second half of September and the first half of October, when they attained optimum phenolic ripeness. The grapes were selected from the best plots to make this wine. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of 25-28 °C, with automated pumpover control to ensure that aromatic and colour compounds were extracted. Twelve months in new medium toasted American and French oak barrels and twelve months in the bottle before labelling. Production: 20,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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Contact Information Address: Ctra. Comarcal LR-115 Km 43 26559 Aldeanueva de Ebro, La Rioja Phone: +34 941 133 160 Fax: +34 941 163 577 Email: info@valcaliente.com Contact person: Angela SĂĄenz PĂŠrez Web: www.vinedosruizjimenez.es

Built in 1998, our winery has a capacity to elaborate 550,000 liters of wine. The production in our own vineyard is organic. All the proccess is controlled by us thus making our wines different from the rest.

VALCALIENTE RESERVA Vintage: 2006 Kind of wine: Red Reserva Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo and Graciano Wine making process: It underwent its malolactic fermentation in wood - French oak casks - followed by an 18-month rest in barrels. During all this time it remained in contact with its finest lees in order to gain different kinds of aromas. Production: 6,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: C

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VALCALIENTE CRIANZA TEMPRANILLO+GRACIANO Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very Good Grape Variety: Tempranillo and Graciano Wine making process: After its malolactic fermentation, the wine remained in new French oak casks for 12 months to acquire the elegance typical of good Crianza. Production: 10,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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VALCALIENTE CRIANZA GARNACHA Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Red young wine Vintage Rating: 2008 Grape Variety: 100% Garnacha Wine making process: After the alcoholic fermentation, the wine undertook the malolactic fermentation in wood casks of new French oak, during three months. Production: 3,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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VALCALIENTE TINTO JOVEN Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: Young Grape Variety: Tempranillo and Garnacha Wine making process: After alcoholic fermentation, it underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless-steel containers, where it stayed until bottling. Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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VALCALIENTE ROSADO Vintage: 2011 Kind of wine: RosĂŠ Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: Tempranillo and Garnacha Wine making process: After alcoholic fermentation, it underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless-steel containers, where it stayed until bottling. Production: 13,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: A

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Contact Information Address: c/ San Bartolomé, nº57. Aldeanueva de Ebro Phone: +34 941 144 210 Fax: +34 94 144 210 Email: info@bodegasalvarezalfaro.com Contact person: Pablo Breton Ruiz Web: www.bodegasalvarezalfaro.com

A family company, we only elaborate red wines produced in French and American oak barrels with grapes from our own vineyards.

ALVAREZ-ALFARO Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 80% Tempranillo,10% Mazuelo,8% Garnacha and 2% Graciano Wine making process: Refined in American oak barrels for sixteen months Production: 200,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: B

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ALVAREZ-ALFARO “SELECCIÓN FAMILIAR” Vintage: 2008 Kind of wine: Red Crianza Vintage Rating: Very good Grape Variety: 100% Tempranillo Wine making process: Refined in new French oak barrels for twenty-four months Production: 42,000 bottles Price Ex Winery: D

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