{"id":13891,"date":"2016-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/five-rioja-crianza-wines-you-really-must-try"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:40","slug":"five-rioja-crianza-wines-you-really-must-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/five-rioja-crianza-wines-you-really-must-try","title":{"rendered":"Five Rioja Crianza wines you really must try"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rioja wines<\/span><\/a> are some of our very favourites. Through masterful blending of different grape varieties and careful, time-honoured ageing techniques, <\/span>Rioja<\/span><\/a> produces a wide range of different styles. Surely every wine lover can find something to suit their palate from this region: whether that\u2019s a zippy young Joven red wine, a barrel-aged white, a mature Gran Reserva red or anything in between. There\u2019s something for everybody, certainly, though perhaps the biggest crowd pleaser of them all is red <\/span>Rioja Crianza<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Red wines<\/strong> labelled as <\/span>Rioja Crianza<\/span><\/a> must legally be aged for at least two years prior to their release, with at least one year of ageing in oak. This gives rise to beautiful wines bursting with fresh red fruits<\/strong>, though balanced out with some weight and tannic structure from the wood. It really is a fine balancing act, as too much oak can be offputting for some people, and not enough can turn off others. Rioja Crianza achieves that sweet spot between the two, and is virtually guaranteed to please.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To illustrate just how much we love Rioja Crianza, we have picked out five of the best expressions of these wines. These wines range from entry-level to premium, demonstrating the value and quality to be had at every price point in Rioja.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [cta_generico id=2595]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rioja wines are some of our very favourites. Through masterful blending of different grape varieties and careful, time-honoured ageing techniques, Rioja produces a wide range of different styles. Surely every wine lover can find something to suit their palate from this region: whether that\u2019s a zippy young Joven red wine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[215,458,217],"class_list":["post-13891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-wines","tag-rioja","tag-spanish-wines","tag-tempranillo"],"yoast_head":"\nRioja Crianza<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Five of the best Rioja Crianza wines<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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