Bodegas Muga El Andén de la Estación Crianza 2022

With pleasing purity and expressive character, this Tempranillo-Garnacha blend brings together berries and bramble, anise and spice, and savory notes. Balanced structure keeps the wine approachable while layered.

The 2022 Crianza Muga El Andén de la Estación is a blend of 70% Tempranillo and 30% Garnacha from Rioja Alta and was aged for 14 months. The Garnacha dominates in the slightly sanguine nose with sweet and sour cherry, red fruit and a hint of rose, avoiding the more sun-kissed tones in spite of the warm year. Light in the mouth with grippy tannins and a medium body, this is a fruit-driven Rioja in which the year has defined the texture.

Lots of dark cherries, spices, ink and a touch of chocolate on the nose. Juicy and slightly chewy on the palate, with a medium body and a medium-long finish. Tempranillo and garnacha. Drink now.

Hints of espresso, smoke and tobacco are a savory underpinning that adds dark detail to flavors of baked black cherry and blackberry fruit in this well-meshed, thickly textured red, with chewy tannins. Tempranillo and Garnacha. Drink now. 7,000 cases made, 4,000 cases imported.