Rating 88
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2014
Appellation
Spain
ABV 14%
Price $25.00  Buy This Wine
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Review Updated 2017-06-23

Perfect For

Impressing On A Budget, Steak Dinner

Drink If You Like

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Balbas Rioja Crianza 2014 Review

Put your big kid pants on - this wine is intense! Lovers of in-your-face, dense fruit and toasty, vanilla oak flavors will swoon over this Rioja Crianza. With concentrated black cherry, baking spice, and tobacco, it has the richness, structure, and complexity of a bottle double the price. An Old World wine for New World wine lovers.

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Balbas Rioja Crianza 2014
Put your big kid pants on - this wine is intense! Lovers of in-your-face, dense fruit and toasty, vanilla oak flavors will swoon over this Rioja Crianza. With concentrated black cherry, baking spice, and tobacco, it has the richness, structure, and complexity of a bottle double the price. An Old World wine for New World wine lovers.

Reviewed On: 06-21-2017
88
POINTS
Balbas Rioja Crianza 2014
Put your big kid pants on - this wine is intense! Lovers of in-your-face, dense fruit and toasty, vanilla oak flavors will swoon over this Rioja Crianza. With concentrated black cherry, baking spice, and tobacco, it has the richness, structure, and complexity of a bottle double the price. An Old World wine for New World wine lovers.

Reviewed On: 06-21-2017