El Coto Crianza Rioja 2022 750ml Spain

El Coto Crianza — Rioja, Spain 2022

El Coto is Spain's most beloved Rioja — a winery founded on a simple and powerful idea: that exceptional quality and honest value should never be mutually exclusive. The 2022 Crianza is crafted entirely from Tempranillo grown at the estate's Oyón winery, fermented with rigorous temperature control for optimal structure and color extraction, then aged a minimum of 12 months in selected 225-litre American oak barrels and at least 6 months in bottle before release. The result is a smooth, silky, and beautifully balanced Crianza that has earned a Gold Medal at the 2025 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles — and overdelivers at its price point vintage after vintage.

The nose is fresh and inviting: bright raspberry, ripe cherry, vanilla, and emblematic toasted oak aromas with well-integrated spice. On the palate, the wine is silky and persistent with layered fruit, soft tannins, and a smooth, lingering finish with integrated spicy flavors. It is approachable, crowd-pleasing, and endlessly food-friendly — the kind of Rioja Crianza that never fails.

"El Coto Crianza is exceptionally balanced with layers of fresh raspberry, cherry, spice and toasted oak, building to a silky finish. Silky and persistent on the palate, with well-integrated spicy flavors." — Winemaker's Notes, El Coto de Rioja

• Producer: El Coto de Rioja, Oyón, Rioja, Spain
• Vintage: 2022
• Appellation: DOCa Rioja, Spain
• Varietal: Tempranillo
• Aging: 12+ months American oak + 6+ months bottle — vanilla, toasted oak & spice complexity
• Closure: Cork
• Size: 750ml
• Tasting Notes: Fresh raspberry, ripe cherry, vanilla, toasted oak, soft tannins, silky finish
• Awards: Gold Medal — Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2025
• Best Paired With: Iberian ham, aged Manchego, roast lamb, grilled chorizo, jamon, cheese boards

Spain's most accessible Rioja Crianza at an honest price — El Coto is the benchmark for what balanced, American oak-aged Tempranillo can deliver for everyone.