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Red fruit aroma family photo — Red fruit

Black fruit aroma family photo — Black fruit

Dried fruit aroma family photo — Dried fruit

Tasting facts

Taste: Dry

aciditySoft → Bright

sweetnessDry → Sweet

tanninGentle → Grippy

intensityLight → Bold

Drinking window · 2023–2031

With food · Beef, Lamb, Veal, Poultry

Market range $19.00–$31.49 (around the market median, Nov 9, 2026)

House

Producer: Villota
Founded: 2013
Founder: Carmen Perez-Garrigues, Ricardo Perez-Villota
Home region: Laserna, Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa, Spain
Ownership: Perez-Villota family

The Perez-Villota family has been rooted at the San Rafael estate in Laserna since 1930 and co-founded Vinedos del Contino, Rioja's first single-estate winery, in 1973; they left that partnership in 2013 and founded their own winery under the Villota brand.

Finca San Rafael, owned and cultivated by the Villota family since the 1930s, distributed on three terraces sloping gently towards the Ebro River in Laserna, Laguardia, Alava (Rioja Alavesa). Traditional dry-farmed manual viticulture, without systemic herbicides, fungicides, pesticides or fertilizers; vines cultivated primarily en vaso (goblet style).

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Sustainability / production facts

Traditional dry-farmed manual viticulture
2 months in concrete tank

Tempranillo (Rioja)

Villota Rioja Estate Tinto 2021

Critics Choice · 93 points · James Suckling

Description

Grapes: 84% Tempranillo, 11% Graciano, 5% Garnacha.

Winemaker Notes

Viñas del Lentisco – Villota is owned, operated, and founded by Carmen Pérez-Garrigues and her father Ricardo Pérez- Villota, the fourth and third generations of the Pérez-Villota family, a line of growers that have been rooted to the San Rafael estate in Laserna, Laguardia on a meander of the Ebro River since 1930. In 1973, the Villota family cofounded Viñedos del Contino, Rioja's first single estate winery with CVNE. The partnernship lasted until 2013, when the Villota family broke off, taking the historic family estate with them, and founded their own winery under the Villota brand on this historic plot of land.

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$32.99

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Type: Red
Varietal: Tempranillo (Rioja)
Grapes
Country: Spain
Colour: Red
Price band: $20-35
Oak: 18 months in second-use French oak barrique, followed by 2 months in concrete tank, minimum 4 months in bottle
Aging: 18 months
Vineyard & soil: Primarily calcareous iron-rich clay, with a high percentage of limestone and a deep reddish color; canto rodado (rolled river stones) deposited across the vineyard when the site was covered by the river thousands of years ago.
LWIN: 2392446
Market median: $23.38 (Nov 9, 2026)

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Professional ratings

94ptsJeb Dunnuck
The flagship of the estate, the 2021 Tinto is based on 85% Tempranillo, 13% Graciano, and 2% Garnacha. It has a gorgeous nose of cassis and darker berries interwoven with subtle spice, graphite, and leather. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, round, concentrated wine with beautiful tannins, a layered, seamless mouthfeel, and a great finish. I'd buy it. It should have two decades or more of overall longevity.
93ptsJames Suckling
Spiced dark cherries, dark earth, blue plums and a touch of peppercorns. Very fine-grained on the palate, with a full load of fresh, powdery tannins. Medium- to full-bodied with a tight grip of fruit and tannins. Excellent length. Drink or hold.
93ptsVinous
Intense and nuanced, the 2021 Tinto is 85% Tempranillo, 13% Graciano and 2% Garnacha, sourced from vineyards nestled along the bank of the Ebro River in Laserna, Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa. Aged for 14 months in oak barrels, this purple wine reveals enticing notes of elderberry, sour cherry and blackberry, complemented by subtle balsamic hints against a well-integrated oak backdrop. On the palate, it is dry and juicy with fine-grained tannins, offering both energy and a weightless structural flow. This wine perfectly embodies the character of the river site, particularly evident in its structure—suitable for both modern and classical palates alike.
90ptsWine Spectator
An elegant red, with purity to the flavors of mulberry, oolong tea leaf, tar and vanilla, plus a bright hint of pomegranate puree. Defined by fine-grained tannins and lively acidity, this is focused and well-knit through the spiced finish. Tempranillo, Graciano and Mazuelo. Drink now through 2031.