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A cellar-aged beauty from Vega Sicilia legend’s nephew

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2014 Vina Otano Gran Reserva Rioja 750 ml

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A Gran Reserva That Offers the Best of All Worlds

For profound, cellar-aged beauties that can be snapped up for a bargain, no category can hang with Spain’s Gran Reserva Riojas. At the top of the region’s classification chart, the gorgeously mature 2014 Vina Otano Gran Reserva Rioja is a bang-for-buck stunner that proves it.

Crafted by Isaac Fernandez Montaña, once named one of “Spain’s brightest winemaking stars”—whose craft has been deeply influenced by his uncle, the legendary 30-year Vega Sicilia icon Mariano Garcia—this bottle was released just a year ago to dual 93-point reviews from Vinous and Wine Enthusiast. 

It’s a brilliant portrait of what contemporary Rioja does best: assimilate a blend of influences into a seamless, terroir-driven package that boasts some serious bottle age and WOWS for the price.

A frequent collaborator with Aurelio Cabestrero, a hugely influential Spanish importer, Montaña is an innovative thinker who’s at the leading edge of Rioja’s quality renaissance. Yet the 2014 Vina Otano Gran Reserva Rioja is also infused with the history of the 136-year-old Otano estate.

Born from sustainably farmed old vines—some of which date back a century—this Gran Reserva’s blend is dominated by Tempranillo, while small amounts of Graciano and Mazuelo round out the mix, supplementing structure with plushness and ensuring even aging over decades. The wine rested in both French and American oak, the former providing richness and the latter subtle coconut tones that meld beautifully into the wine’s natural trio of red fruit, spice, and tobacco. 

It’s an impressively sculpted release, the kind of brilliantly priced gem you usually have to rely on a sommelier to find. Our own Eduardo Dingler compared drinking it to “sitting down and having a conversation with Sean Connery over Cuban cigars.”