2021 | CVNE "Real de Asúa" | Rioja | Spain

A single-vineyard Rioja icon that trades on La Place de Bordeaux — 100% Tempranillo, just 12,000 bottles.

CVNE has been one of Rioja's defining houses since 1879, when the Real de Asúa brothers founded it in Haro. Named in their honor, this is a single-vineyard bottling: 100% Tempranillo from the Carromaza plot in Villalba, Rioja Alta, native-yeast fermented and aged in French oak, made in tiny quantity. Since 2019 it has held a place on La Place de Bordeaux — Spanish wine among the world's elite.

A single-vineyard, low-production Rioja of this pedigree is rare to find well-priced. Serious, harmonious, nuanced → the La Place wines it sits beside cost far more → at $105.99 you're buying one of Spain's benchmark single-vineyard reds.

• 100% Tempranillo, single-vineyard Carromaza (Villalba, Rioja Alta)
• Native-yeast ferment; French oak; tiny production
• On La Place de Bordeaux since 2019
• CVNE, founded 1879 in Haro — five generations

Plum and cherry over subtle barrel spice, flowers, pine cones and wild herbs; ultra-fine tannins and a long, fruit-laden finish. Translation: graceful, deep Rioja of real class — red and dark fruit with silky structure and length.

Single-vineyard Tempranillo from a five-generation house, in tiny quantity. Exactly how you put a modern Rioja landmark in the cellar.