Rich, savory and luscious. An excellent grower of graciano grapes in Rioja Baja from very old vines (60+). A cross between Grenache and tempranillo? Velvet chocolate. The old vine purity is impressive and at this price obscene. Note: 2010 Rioja = spectacular. Was the buzz about the valley while there last summer.
The 2010 Rio Madre was one of my first wines tasted in Rioja this year - at breakfast! This is one of the first vintages for an innovative young winery in Rioja Baja where the river Ebro flattens out under the old Roman bridge. I've never tasted a Rioja so rich at barely a year old. It could that I've never tasted a 100% Graciano wine. It is big and blackberry filled. Credit the first rate crop of 2010. The family behind Rio Madre is very smart (Madre made the best tortilla I've had, the egg kind) and so is their counselor, the eminent Jorge Ordonez.
90 points - Bob Sprentall, B-21 | 
