Bodegas Campo Viejo, Rioja Gran Reserva Hot on Sale

Bodegas Campo Viejo, Rioja Gran Reserva

The largest bodegas of Spain’s Rioja region—and Campo Viejo, now owned by international conglomerate Pernod Ricard, is the largest of all—maintain huge stocks of wine, enabling them to release perfectly cellared “library” bottlings like this one with relative ease. Best of all, these mature treasures are perhaps the most affordable “collectibles” on the market.

Still deeply concentrated, yet clearly mature and at its peak now, this is a sumptuous expression of Tempranillo (the traditional blend also includes some Graciano and Mazuelo) with a brackish color and savory, spicy notes of cedar, clove, and vanilla (it was aged a minimum of 24 months in oak barrels, as required for the Gran Reserva classification).