Bodegas Palacios Remondo, La Montesa Crianza, Rioja, Baja

Palacios Remondo is overseen by Spanish superstar Alvaro Palacios. This is predominately Grenache with some Tempranillo and Mazuela, and has spent 15 months in French oak. It’s a generous and elegant wine, full of spicy black fruit and macerated cherries. Textbook Rioja.