Best Tempranillo

Pingus is a highly regarded red wine from Spain’s Ribera del Duero region. Produced by Peter Sisseck, this single-vineyard wine utilizes Tempranillo grapes and represents a pioneering approach to winemaking. It’s notable for its consistently high scores and unique style, attracting serious wine enth...

Artadi El Pison is a Spanish red wine made from Tempranillo grown in a small, individually designated vineyard near Laguardia in Rioja Alavesa. Produced by Artadi, it is intended to express the conditions of a single site rather than a regional blend, with the vineyard identity central to its labeli...

López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva is a Spanish red wine from Rioja, known for its extended aging process. The bodega’s longstanding tradition emphasizes barrel maturation and bottle aging, resulting in a complex wine with pronounced oxidation. This wine is particularly appreciated by those...

Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5° is a Spanish red wine crafted primarily from Tempranillo grapes with Merlot additions. This wine represents Vega Sicilia’s commitment to showcasing diverse vineyard expressions within the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. The five-year aging process develops a structured cha...

Artadi is a Spanish winery based in Rioja, established in 1985. The estate focuses on meticulously showcasing individual vineyard sites, particularly through its Tempranillo wines. Their approach emphasizes terroir expression—the unique characteristics of the land—resulting in distinctive and highly...

Flor de Pingus is a Spanish red wine produced by Peter Sisseck’s Dominio de Pingus in Ribera del Duero. Made primarily from aged Tempranillo grapes, it represents a more approachable style than the estate's flagship wine. This second wine showcases the meticulous vineyard practices of Dominio de Pin...

Marqués de Murrieta is a Spanish winery located in the Rioja region, founded in 1852 by Luciano de Murrieta. The estate is recognized for producing some of the first fine wines in Rioja using techniques learned in Bordeaux, specifically focusing on oak barrel aging. Operating from the Castillo de Yg...

Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (CVNE) is a Spanish winery founded in 1879 in the Haro district of Rioja. It remains a family-owned business operated by the Real de Asúa family. The company is divided into several distinct bodegas, producing a range of wines that include the Imperial and Viña...

Pesquera Janus Gran Reserva is a full-bodied Spanish red wine produced by Alejandro Fernández’s estate in Ribera del Duero. This Tempranillo is notable for its extended aging process, typically over ten years, resulting in complex flavors and textures. It's favored by those seeking rich, aged wines...

Bodegas Roda, established in 1987 in Haro, Rioja Alta, produces low-yield, single-vineyard Rioja wines using modern techniques applied to old-vine Tempranillo. The winery features a striking modern building that uses gravity flow in production and conducts research on recovering old Tempranillo clon...

Muga Winery is a traditional Rioja producer founded in 1932 by Isaac Muga in Haro, Spain. One of the few wineries that maintains its own cooperage, Muga continues to ferment wines in oak vats rather than stainless steel tanks. The estate is known for barrel-fermented whites and long-aged reds includ...

Bodegas Roda Cirsion is a modern red wine crafted in Spain’s Rioja Alta region. It showcases Tempranillo grapes sourced from an exceptional vineyard of ancient vines—a key element contributing to its distinctive character. This wine is notable for its concentrated flavor and structure, appealing to...

Dalmau is a limited-production red Rioja wine made by Marqués de Murrieta from fruit grown at its Ygay estate near Logroño, Spain. Its blend is based on Tempranillo and also includes Cabernet Sauvignon and Graciano, with the precise proportions varying by vintage. It is distinguished within the prod...

Marqués de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial is a full-bodied red wine from Rioja, Spain. Produced by a historic estate established in 1852, it’s recognized for its age-worthy character developed through extended aging in American oak barrels. This wine offers complex flavors and signific...

Peter Sisseck is a Danish winemaker renowned for pioneering modern winemaking techniques in Spain’s Ribera del Duero region. He established Dominio de Pingus in 1995, focusing on intensely concentrated Tempranillo wines. His approach, prioritizing vineyard expression and minimal intervention, has ea...

Aalto PS is a premium Spanish red wine sourced from Ribera del Duero’s renowned region. It showcases Tempranillo grapes grown on old vines, a key element contributing to its powerful flavor profile. Co-founded by a former Vega Sicilia winemaker, this wine is favored by discerning palates seeking int...

Tinto Pesquera winery, established in 1972 by Alejandro Fernández, represents a cornerstone of Spain’s Ribera del Duero region. Located there, it is recognized for pioneering high-quality Tempranillo production and demonstrating the area's capacity for exceptional wines. The family-owned estate cate...

Telmo Rodríguez Matallana presents a distinctive red wine crafted in Spain’s Ribera del Duero. This Tempranillo showcases intensely concentrated flavors derived from old vine fruit grown within a single vineyard. Rodríguez's commitment to natural winemaking practices—minimal intervention and traditi...

Abadía Retuerta Pago Negralada is a premium red wine produced in Castilla y León, Spain. The wine originates from a single vineyard site and utilizes Tempranillo grapes. This estate’s history predates the Ribera del Duero designation, resulting in a consistently high-quality wine favored by discerni...

Dominio de Pingus is a renowned Spanish red wine produced in Ribera del Duero, Spain. It’s notable for being one of the first "garage wines" from this region, pioneering unfiltered and un-oaked styles of Tempranillo. The estate's meticulous approach to vineyard management and winemaking contributes...

Vega Sicilia Único represents Spain’s finest red wine tradition. Produced in Ribera del Duero from Tempranillo alongside Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, it's renowned for its complexity developed through extended aging – typically over six years. This full-bodied wine is favored by discerning palates...

Juan Carlos López de Lacalle is a Spanish winemaker specializing in Tempranillo wines from the Rioja region. He established Bodegas Artadi in 1985 and gained recognition for his dedication to exploring individual vineyard sites rather than adhering to traditional Rioja aging designations. His approa...

Mariano García is a celebrated Spanish winemaker recognized for his expertise in Tempranillo and other Iberian grape varieties. His decades-long tenure as technical director at Vega Sicilia established him as a leading figure in Ribera del Duero’s wine production. Now operating Bodegas Mauro, García...

Emilio Moro Malleolus de Valderramiro is a premium Spanish red wine produced by the Emilio Moro winery in the Ribera del Duero region. It is a single-vineyard wine made entirely from Tinto Fino, the local clone of Tempranillo, sourced from the Valderramiro plot. The vines in this specific vineyard w...

Telmo Rodriguez is a Spanish winemaker and co-founder of Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodriguez, a wine company established in 1994. The company focuses on producing wines from various Spanish regions by partnering with local grape growers and recovering neglected, old-vine vineyards. Rodriguez is known...

Bodegas Roda I Reserva is a premium red wine produced by the Roda winery in the Rioja region of Spain, specifically within the Rioja Alta appellation. The wine is made predominantly from old-vine Tempranillo grapes and is distinguished by its aging process, which utilizes French oak barrels rather t...

Fernando Remírez de Ganuza is a Spanish winemaker who founded his eponymous estate in the village of Samaniego within the Rioja Alavesa region in 1989. The estate is known for its modern approach to winemaking, utilizing advanced optical sorting technology to select high-quality Tempranillo grapes....

Pingus represents a significant force in Spanish wine. Produced in Priorat, Ribera del Duero, this Tempranillo wine is notable for its intensely concentrated flavors of dark fruit and pronounced mineral character derived from volcanic slate soils. It’s a highly sought-after collectible appealing to...

La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 890 is a full-bodied Spanish red wine produced in the Rioja region using primarily Tempranillo grapes. It’s notable for its exceptionally long aging process – typically over fifteen years – resulting in complex flavors of dark fruit, leather, and spice. This wine is ideal...