La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Rioja Reserva 2012

Founded by five families in 1890, La Rioja Alta is an institution in Rioja producing some of the finest traditional Riojas in the region, internationally recognized by the best restaurants and retail shops across the world as a standard bearer. The winery now owns more than 740 acres of vines! With as much time as Rioja spends in oak casks, the winery created its own cooperage to control the quality, importing high quality oak from the US and air drying it for 2 years before crafting their barrels. At any given time they have more than 6 million bottles aging at one time!