Businesses: Claim This Page

Do you work for this winery?

Snooth offers wineries and merchants the chance to manage their presence on Snooth. If you work for or have an affiliation with them, click here to learn more.

Allozo Crianza 1995

Out of Stock

No merchants are currently selling this wine. Click here to wishlist this wine, and we'll email you the moment it's back in stock.

View Larger

Snoothrank:

Starting at: $14.99 USD

1 Review

Add a review

Winery:
Varietal:
Region:: Spain > Rioja
Type:: Red Wine
Color:
Drink Dates:: Drink Now
UPC:

User Tags: fruit, meat, berry, italian cuisine, american cuisine, spicy, award winning, pasta, mediterranean, seafood

What to Expect

The Rioja region of Spain produces one of the world's finest, and most long lived wines: Rioja. Rioja's renaissance, in the latter half of the 19th century, was a direct result of the phyloxera bug that decimated vineyards around the globe. While English merchants came to Rioja to replace their French imports, the wines here actually have much more in common with Chianti. Both wines are blend relying heavily on one grape, in this case Tempranillo. Like Chianti's Sangiovese, Tempranillo usually produces a relatively high acid wine of medium to medium-full body. Tempranillo tends to produce wines with a dusty, leathery edge to its raspberry and blackberry fruit tones. With additions of Graciano, Mazuela and Grancha, the wines of Rioja can take on additional layers of flavor and aroma, but the tradition of extended oak aging for Rioja's great wines contributes to an even more obvious imprint. While the Spaniards have traditionally been fans of the strong vanilla and coconut components that American oak barrels have contributed to Rioja, more and more producers have turned to French oak favoring its more subtle spice tones. Rioja continues to undergo extended aging in barrel with Reserva and Gran Reserva bottlings, representing a producer's highest achievement, spending a minimum of 3 of 5 years respectively in the producer's cellar.

Explore

Learn more about and follow this wine's region, varietal, and its winery. Buy the best value wines from over 10,000 wine stores.

This wine's region

Reviews Add a Review

Wine.com

Tasting Notes: Deep cherry red color, good depth and bright with just a touch of brick around the edges. Good, penetrating aromas of new wood and blackberry fruit. Crisp and fresh on the palate with noticeable acidity. Good body and balance with ripe berry fruit with spicy overtones. Silver Medal - Vinexpo 2000 Suggested Cuisine: It is ideal with Mediterranean cuisine, pasta, fish and a variety of meats. It is also excellent to enjoy on its own. Comments: It was aged in American Oak Barrels and in the bottle for a period of four (4) years. It was released in 1999. It is a serious wine and considered to read more...

Was this helpful?

Helpful reviews are featured higher on the page.

Ratings Overview

Submit a rating or review

Allozo Crianza 1995